Coronavirus: Newcastle university departments join forces to build hundreds of face shields and PPE for frontline health workers | VIDEO

By Anita Beaumont
April 9 2020 - 8:00pm
Production line: Different departments from the University of Newcastle have come together to design and deliver face shields in response to a global shortage of protective equipment for frontline health workers.
Production line: Different departments from the University of Newcastle have come together to design and deliver face shields in response to a global shortage of protective equipment for frontline health workers.

STAFF at the University of Newcastle have switched focus to rapidly design, develop and manufacture face shields to protect the region's front line health care workers in the fight against COVID-19.

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