Foxconn makes masks for its iPhone workers amid coronavirus crisis

Firm that supplies Apple hopes to manufacture 2m masks after electronics production was hit

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Foxconn, the electronics company that supplies Apple, has begun manufacturing its own surgical masks, allowing Chinese workers to churn out iPhones uninterrupted as the coronavirus crisis continues.

The Taiwanese company's production lines have been shut down because of the disruption caused by the outbreak, slowing down the supply chain that feeds Apple's global retail network.