BEIJING -- China is offering support to companies that invest in equipment to increase output of medical supplies needed to combat the deadly coronavirus epidemic.
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A mask production line in Shanghai. China boasts capacity to produce 20 million medical masks daily, but output was disrupted by the Lunar New Year holiday. © Reuters
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