UAE company to set up $1m production facility to help combat COVID-19 – Healthcare IT News

UAE company to set up $1m production facility to help combat COVID-19 – Healthcare IT News

In the GCC, Qatar currently has the highest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 to date.. A UAE-based group has confirmed it is investing $1 million in a production facility for face masks and medical kits, with operations expected to begin within the next 40-60 days.. An estimated 300,000 to 600,000 face masks will be manufactured daily, the bulk of which will be sent to China.. "We are setting up a factory in the UAE; we plan to increase our capacity to 300,000 and double it every month moving forward, depending on the severity and spread of the epidemic," said IBC Group chairman, Khurram Shroff.. In the GCC and wider MENA region, Qatar leads the number of confirmed cases at 262, followed by Bahrain (195), the United Arab Emirates (85), Kuwait (80), Iraq (70), and Egypt (67).. IBC Group is not the first company from the UAE to dedicate new business towards combatting COVID-19..