The Danish toy company Lego had pledged to create over 13,000 face masks a day for front line medical workers to help them fight the global coronavirus pandemic.
According to a report by ABC News, the company announced last Thursday that it will be using modified toymaking machines at its factory in Billund in Denmark, factory to manufacture Personal Protective Equipment for Danish doctors, nurses, and other hospital staff.
For another amazing Lego creations, check out this wheelchair made for a disabled dog:In an official statement posted to Lego's official Instagram account, a spokesperson wrote: "This week we began to make visors at our factory in Billund for healthcare workers on the frontline in Denmark. We are so incredibly proud of the team who made this happen."
They added: "They worked around the clock to create designs and make moulds that can produce more than 13,000 visors a day. We are grateful to have such talented, dedicated and caring colleagues. [sic]"
Per ABC, the company also said: "A few weeks ago a colleague in our incredibly creative Engineering department heard that there was a desperate need for safety equipment for COVID-19 in Denmark. He approached the rest of his team with his idea for a visor and they started to trial production ideas... We are so incredibly proud of the team who made this happen."
LEGO also claims that their specially-made visors have been approved by Danish hospitals, and added that an order of some 50,000 units has already been placed. Other Lego factories in other countries are soon expected to take part in the initiative, starting with the Lego factory located in Nyiregyháza in Hungary.
At the time of writing, there have now been 2,006,513 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across 114 countries worldwide, and a total of 128,886 deaths, according to the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.