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A factory that produces masks featuring the Taiwanese flag, as well as ordinary surgical masks, has tripled production as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, according to comments made by the facility's general manager in Taoyuan City on Thursday.
在桃園市工廠生產台灣國旗的口罩以及外科口罩的總經理在週四發表評論說，由於冠狀病毒的爆發，已經使產量增加了三倍。
"Since the government started to requisition face masks at the end of January, our daily production has increased threefold, from 500,000 to 1.5 million. Our production hours also increased from 20 hours to 24 hours," said Taiwan Comfort Champ General Manager Andy Chen.
台灣康匠的陳總經理Andy說：「從一月底被徵收開始，我們的產能增加了三倍，從原本的50萬片到150萬片，但是我們的人力也調整，從20小時到24小時。」
One of the company's main products has been a face mask with the Taiwanese flag. These masks became hotly discussed on social media as people online theorized that the design was intended to dissuade mainland Chinese customers from buying up Taiwanese stock; however, as Chen makes clear the masks were in fact produced for different reasons.
該公司的主要產品之一是印有台灣國旗的口罩。這些口罩在社群媒體上引起了熱烈討論，有些人認為該設計意在勸阻中國客戶買斷台灣口罩的庫存。 實際上，陳總經理澄清國旗口罩是出於不同的理由而製作的。
"We were making Taiwan flag face masks last year, in 2019, ahead of the elections. It didn't sell very well then, but it exploded in popularity since this epidemic began," said Chen.
陳總經理說：「我們之前有生產國旗口罩，那個是因應2019年想要給選舉使用。但是當時沒有賣得很好，反而在這一波疫情時候異軍突起突然爆紅」
To tackle mask shortages, Taiwan's government reportedly banned exports and requisitioned all domestic production of surgical masks since late January. Working around the clock, mask producers are reportedly expected to produce about 12 million masks by mid-March.
據報導，為解決口罩短缺問題，台灣政府自1月下旬以來已禁止出口所有國內生產的手術口罩。口罩製造商將全天候工作，3月中旬時將生產約1200萬個口罩。
"I gradually came to understand and appreciate the actions the government has taken, including the export ban and requisitioning. If they didn't do that, we would have a mask shortage today," Chan added.
陳總經理補充道：「其實從這一次的禁止出口到徵收，從一開始的不理解、到理解、到佩服。如果沒有這麼做，其實台灣人不會有口罩用。」