Singapore restarts mask production to secure supply for frontline medical staff

Singapore

SINGAPORE has restarted local production of medical-grade surgical face masks to ensure supply for its medical workers in the frontline fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Wednesday.

But Singapore will still continue to expand and diversify its external sources for masks to meet the needs of its population and to stockpile for the possibility of a second wave of Coronavirus attack, he told local reporters in a Zoom interview on Wednesday.