The American technology concern Apple designs face shields for medical professionals. In addition, the company has distributed over 20 million masks through its global supply chain, said CEO Tim Cook.

Tim Cook made his announcement on Twitter on Sunday, saying his design, engineering, packaging, and operations teams are working with suppliers to build and start sending the shield.

“Apple is dedicated to supporting the worldwide response to COVID-19. We’ve now sourced over 20M masks through our supply chain. Our design, engineering, operations, and packaging teams are also working with suppliers to design, produce and ship face shields for medical workers”, says the Apple’s CEO statement.

The first shipment was delivered to a hospital in Santa Clara, California, last week. The shields are fully adjustable and assemble in less than two minutes, he said, adding that Apple plans to ship over a million this week and another million a week after that.

Apple plans to quickly expand shield shipments outside the US, the manager explained. Apple has closed all of its 458 retail outlets outside China to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and requires its engineers and designers to work from home.