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Beijing targets six-day build for mask factory

18 Feb 20 Beijing is addressing China’s shortage of anti-virus masks by starting work on a factory that is due for completion in just six days.

The city will convert an industrial building into a new mask factory to meet the surging demand amid the coronavirus outbreak. The speedy construction follow’s last month’s building of a hospital in Wuhan in just 10 days.

The factory, being constructed by the China ɫèֱ²¥ First Group, is expected to produce 250,000 masks per day.

ɫèֱ²¥ started yesterday (Monday) with workers alternating shifts to ensure the project is completed by Saturday. To protect workers from potential infection, the construction company will take temperatures on a daily basis and set aside rooms away from the living areas for workers with symptoms, said Song Chao, a project manager with the company.

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