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Some Chinese carmakers have switched production to making facemasks

Nissan employees work on the assembly line at the company's Kyushu plant in Kanda town, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Picture: REUTERS

Carmaker BYD has switched its production lines to face masks, along with iPhone maker Foxconn, as China declares a national emergency to combat the virus that has so far killed more than 1,000 people and turned Wuhan into a ghost town. Nissan won’t be the last as other manufacturers warn of slowdowns, but it halted production this week at its Kyushu plant because of a shortage of parts from China.

 

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