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LONGMEADOW. DAVID: FOR NOW, FUN AND GAMES ARE OVER, AT HASBRO’S TOY FACTORY IN EAST LONGMEADOW. THE COMPANY STARTED MAKING PLASTIC FACE SHIELDS FOR HOSPITAL WORKERS, INSTEAD OF BOARD GAMES, LIKE MONOPOLY AND BATTLESHIP. >> I CAN SAY I HAVE HAD EVERY ONE OF THESE IN MY HOUSE. DAVID: GOVERNOR BAKER VISITED THE FACTORY TO THANK MANAGERS FOR HELPING TO BOOST THE SUPPLY OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. HE SAID THE STATE IS OFFERING A TOTAL OF $10 MILLION TO MANUFACTURERS WHO MAKE SIMILAR CONVERSIONS DURING THE OUTBREAK. GOV. BAKER: THERE ARE 600 FIRMS WORKING WITH OUR TEAM, ON THIS INITIATIVE. 400 OF THOSE ARE BASED IN MASSACHUSETTS. DAVID: HASBRO PLANS TO MAKE UP TO 50,000 FACE SHIELDS PER WEEK HERE, AND DONATE THEM HOSPITALS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLANDS. MEANWHILE, THE COMPANY SAYS ITS GAMES SALES ARE STILL STRONG. >> IT IS ACTUALLY A GREAT TIME TO BE IN THE GAMES BUSINESS. DAVID: HASBRO’S PRESIDENT SAYS FAMILIES STUCK AT HOME TOGETHE ARE PLAYING MORE TOGETHER. BUT THE FACE SHIELD PRODUCTION USES ONLY A COUPLE DOZEN OF THE FACTORY’S 500-PERSON WORKFORCE. MOST OF THE REST ARE FURLOUGHED. >> ARE THE GAMES THAT YOU NORMALLY MAKE HERE BEING MADE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD WHERE THE PANADEMIC IS LESS SEVERE? >> WELL, WE MAKE GAMES IN VARIOUS PLACES. BUT CLEARLY, THIS IS THE HEART OF OUR GAMES MAKING FACILITY DAVID: HASBRO PLANS IS ACTION FOR FACIAL MASS -- FACIAL MASKS.

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A western Massachusetts factory that typically produces games will now be manufacturing thousands of pieces of personal protective equipment amid the coronavirus pandemic.Cartamundi, a Hasbro partner factory in East Longmeadow, will begin producing 50,000 plastic face shields per week and will donate them to hospitals in Massachusetts and Rhode Island during the COVID-19 pandemic.Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and Rep. Richard Neal toured the factory Saturday, along with Hasbro President and Chief Operating Officer John Frascotti."This is a big deal," Baker said. "They've stepped up, reconverted some of their operations and created the space to safely make it possible to manufacture gear to support our front-line workers and first responders.""It's actually a great time to be in the games business," Frascotti said. "We make games in various places, but, clearly, this is the heart of our games-making facility."Baker said Hasbro also donated 250 face shields to staff and caregivers at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, which has seen 65 of its residents die of COVID-19 as of Saturday."We are incredibly grateful to Hasbro and its team for the work that you're doing, leading here and supporting your health care workers here in Massachusetts and in Rhode Island," Baker said.The governor said Massachusetts is offering a total of $10 million to manufacturers who make similar conversions during the outbreak. There are more than 600 firms working with the state on that initiative, including 400 that are based in Massachusetts, according to Baker. The governor's stay-at-home advisory and closure of non-essential businesses expires in 10 days, but Baker said he wants to see several days in reductions of infections or hospitalizations before he considers lifting the emergency measures.“Until we start to see some of that kind of information -- the peaking of the surge and the moving in the other direction for some sustained period of time -- we’re not going to be interested in reopening anything,” Baker said Friday.