Apple's huge gift

Courtesy Straits Times

Apple has said it will soon be producing one million face shields a week for medical workers battling the coronavirus pandemic.

The tech giant had already sourced 20 million surgical masks from around the world to help address a global shortage, chief executive Tim Cook said in a video posted to Twitter on Sunday (April 5).

But the company had also designed its own transparent protective face shield and begun mass production at its factories in the US and China, he added.