Coronavirus: Apple making millions of face masks using supply chain that usually makes iPhones and Macs

Apple has made millions of face masks by calling on the supply chain it usually works with to build its iPhones, Macs and other products. The company has brought together an effort that includes its "product designers, engineering, operations, packaging teams, and our suppliers" to help make the face shields for health workers, according to chief executive Tim Cook. Apple is just one of the many technology companies that has looked to help fight the spread of coronavirus, with companies across Silicon Valley offering products and help for health workers and the fight against covid-19 more generally. The new work has seen it create 20 million of the masks and it has started to distribute them among healthcare workers already, Mr Cook said. "Our first shipment was delivered to Kaiser hospital facilities in the Santa Clara Valley this past week, and the feedback from doctors was very positive," he said.