Factbox: Carmakers churn out machines, masks to help fight coronavirus
Posted on AllSides March 27th, 2020
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(Reuters) - Auto companies and suppliers around the world are ramping up production of critical healthcare products and machines - everything from cloth face masks to sophisticated ventilator systems - to meet a critical shortage of those items at hospitals and care facilities in North America, Europe and Asia.
Here is a look at what some companies have announced.
GENERAL MOTORS
General Motors Co (GM.N) said it will partner with Washington-based Ventec Life Systems to make ventilators at GM’s Kokomo, Indiana, electrical components plant as soon as April, at...