Don Davies at the Health Committee

On June 23rd, 2020. See this statement in context.

June 23rd, 2020 / 2 p.m.

NDP

Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC

Thank you.

Now we go back to Mr. Chen in Taiwan.

I know that Taiwan was an importer of surgical masks before COVID-19. You created an onshore mask production industry just a month after registering your first infections. I know that's grown into a daily capacity of 20 million pieces as of May, and that initiative was led by the Government of Taiwan.

Could you outline for this committee how the Government of Taiwan was able to ramp up mask production so rapidly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?

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