South Korea’s Kia Motors Corporation is considering making face masks at its Chinese factory to help battle the spread of the coronavirus.
The announcement follows a similar move by Fiat Chrysler, whose CEO Mike Manley said earlier this week that one of the group’s plants in Asia would be converted to produce face masks for healthcare workers and would reach a target of one million masks per month in coming weeks.
Kia is expected to make masks at its Yancheng plant after the Chinese government encouraged carmakers to do so