BEIJING: China has sold nearly four billion masks to foreign countries since March, officials said on Monday (April 6), as they tried to stem widespread fears over the quality of medical exports.
Despite Chinese cases dwindling, Beijing has encouraged factories to increase production of medical supplies as the pandemic kills over 60,000 globally and parts of the world face a protective equipment shortage.
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