Razer, the company known for making gaming products, has revealed its plan to help people in the Singapore fight against the COVID-19. The company said that it will deploy 20 face masks vending machines across the country by the end of this month to distribute millions of masks for free.
It’s noteworthy that the company’s global operations are based in Singapore. The company’s CEO CEO Min-Liang Tan said that “Razer will continue our endeavours in supporting Singapore to be self-sufficient for face masks as a nation.”
To pick up a mask from the vending machine, the company says that users will have to download its digital wallet app and scan a QR code. Razer is already making masks and is now planning to double that production.
The company’s plan is to give all Singaporean adult residents one free surgical mask, which adds up to about 5 million in total. Once the program kicks off, more locations may be added as per the requirement.
The response from Razer comes as the country is experiencing an alarming second wave of coronavirus infections. It now has more than 23,822 confirmed cases, up from just a few hundred in March.
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However, the company is also facing criticism on social media for the requirement of downloading Razer app to get face mask. People are suggesting that the company is trying to pick up more users for its fintech platform Razer Pay.
Responding to the criticism, Min-Liang Tan said that having users scan QR from the app “is the only way we’ll be able to ensure there’s no free for all on the masks … We’re funding this completely ourselves and would like to ensure there’s no fraud.”
Razer said on April 24th that it’s already shipped more than 1 million of those masks all over the world. With plan of offering 5 million masks for free in Singapore, the company is also partnering with plastic manufacturer Sunningdale Tech to up its production to 10 million masks a month.
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