Sharp Reforms A TV Factory To Produce Medical Face Masks

Japanese electronics company Sharp recently converted a factory located in Kameyama, Mie prefecture to mass-produce medical face masks in accordance with the surging demand of people when the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak hit this country. As per a report from The Associated Press, this production plant was designed for manufacturing LCD panels as well as assembling TVs.

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At the early stage, Sharp will produce at least 150,000 masks per day and the number will soon rise to 500,000 per day by the end of this month. The essential high standards when it comes to cleanliness have made this facility well-suited for producing medical masks. The company hasn’t given any word on the price of those masks or its distribution plans.

In Japan, people usually wear face masks on a daily basis during the winter in order to prevent themselves from illnesses. The shortage of medical face masks and other household items happened when Japan had to face the surging number of COVID-19 infected patients, leading to buyers being restricted to buy only one pack at a time. However, sellers in countries outside Japan even set a skyrocketing price for masks to gain benefits from people.

According to medical experts, masks are not really effective in shutting down the spread of COVID-19, but they still help minimize the risk as much as possible. WHO said in a guideline that healthy people should wear masks whenever they look after a suspected patient rather than having it around the clock – adding that hand-washing is the most important step amongst all.

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