COVID-19: China increases face mask production capacity by 450%

China has stepped up its capacity to produce face masks by more than five-fold in a span of one month amid the global coronavirus scare. While recent cases in mainland China have decelerated, the spread in Europe and the US has created some panic and sent global stocks to their worst week. As the number of cases grows despite increasingly strict quarantine measures, experts are warning that life across the globe faces severe disruption for many months.