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{{short description|Item of personal protective equipment}}
The '''Apple Face Shield''' is a [[face shield]] manufactured by [[Apple Inc.]]. The product was announced on April 5, 2020 and is designed for medical professionals during the [[2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]].

==Development==
(contracted; show full)ield was announced by Tim Cook on April 5, 2020, via a video posted to Cook's [[Twitter]] account. The first batch was delivered to the Kaiser facility in Santa Clara where the product was first prototyped.<ref name="Mercury"/> The company planned to ship over a million face shields within the week of announcement, and one million face shields per week subsequently.<ref name="Verge"/>

The product is packed flat, allowing 100 face shields to fit in each box for shipment
, and can be assembled in under two minutes.<ref name=":0" /> The product is initially shipped exclusively to medical facilities in the United States, with plans to expand distribution worldwide in the future.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Rossignol |first=Joe |title=Apple Donating Over 20 Million Masks to Healthcare Professionals, Producing Face Shields With Suppliers |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2020/04/05/tim-cook-apple-20-million-masks/ |website=MacRumors |accessdate=April 8, 2020 |language=en |date=April 5, 2020}}</ref>

==Reception==
Smita Rouillard, an executive director at Kaiser Permanente, said that the face shields allowed them to preserve personal protective equipment "for a longer period of time".<ref name="Mercury"/> Apple has been compared to other companies manufacturing similar devices during the pandemic, such as [[SpaceX]] and [[Ford]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Griggs |first1=Mary Beth |title=Apple publishes instructions and fitting guide for its new face shields |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/7/21212245/apple-instructions-face-shields-ppe-fitting |website=The Verge |accessdate=April 8, 2020 |language=en |date=April 7, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Apple hardware since 1998}}

[[Category:Apple Inc. hardware|Face Shield]]
[[Category:Emergency medical equipment]]
[[Category:Responses to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]]
[[Category:Safety clothing]]
[[Category:Headgear]]
[[Category:Protective gear]]