Production at Dasheng Masks as Virus Outbreak Triggers a Global Run on Face Masks

An employee works on the assembly line to make protective masks at a factory operated by Dasheng Health Products Manufacturing Co. in Shanghai, China, on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. People across the globe are stockpiling facial masks to protect themselves from the new coronavirus, depleting online malls and store shelves from California to Beijing. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images