#Gaming peripheral company #Razer will reportedly shift manufacturing lines from producing its own products to manufacturing surgical #masks as the #Chinese #coronavirus pandemic sweeps the globe. The company plans to donate up to 1 million masks around the world.
In a post to Facebook, Min-Liang Tan, the CEO of gaming peripheral maker Razer, announced that the company would be dedicating a number of its manufacturing lines to begin producing surgical masks rather than Razer’s own products in an effort to aid in the #Wuhan coronavirus #pandemic.
Tan stated in his Facebook post:
With the worsening of the COVID-19 situation, health authorities worldwide are facing an extreme shortage of surgical masks used by the frontline healthcare staff in the battle against the virus. Some countries have even banned the export of masks in face of the dire shortage.
While there has been incredible demand for our products during this time with many staying home to avoid the crowds (and to play games), the team at Razer understands that all of us have a part to play in fighting the virus – no matter which industry we come from.
Over the past few days, our designers and engineers have been working 24-hour shifts to convert some of our existing manufacturing lines to produce surgical masks so that we can donate them to countries around the world.
We intend to donate up to 1M masks to the health authorities of different countries globally. For starters, we’ve been in touch with the authorities in Singapore (where Razer SEA HQ is based) to donate some of the initial shipments to assist their fight against COVID-19.
Tan added that the rest of Razer’s global offices would be reaching out to their respective governments and health authorities to see how they can best prioritize support and surgical mask donations. Tan added: “All of us have a part to play and we should be doing whatever we can with the situation getting more serious. Please keep yourself and your family safe – and do lets support each other in these trying times. The team at Razer is stepping up to do what we can.” #binspirednews
Wow. People really think that surgical masks will prevent us from getting an illness. How is mankind getting dumber
Surgical masks will protect healthcare workers from exposure. IT was why we have used them. They also protect surgery patients from exposure to germs while there bodies are opened up. They work.
The entire world coming to a screeching halt over this is what scares me. Imagine another world war or a real pandemic.
I love these stories
Thank you #razergaming I’ll be spending more with your company now.
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Glad to have many @razer products in my setup!
Probably a good profit to be made selling masks right now. So good on them donating some
Thank you, from Singapore!
So great!
How are game programmers going to make masks?
@stonreighn did you hear this?
What about Ventilators