Who are Biden's 25 million free COVID-19 face masks for? What we know so far
President Joe Biden's administration will deliver more than 25 million face masks to over 1,300 community health centers and 60,000 food pantries and soup kitchens across the US over the next few weeks. The goal is to "make masks more easily available to communities hard hit by the pandemic," according to a press release from the White House.
Who will get the free face masks?
The administration estimates that more than 12 million Americans will have access to the free masks, which are reusable.
The Department of Health and Human Services will partner with the Department of Defense to distribute the masks across the country. In the communities where the masks are being delivered, everyone will be eligible to request one from their local community health center.
For food bank mask distribution, the Department of Defense will partner with the Department of Agriculture. The masks will be delivered to many of the country's food banks, and they'll then be distributed across food pantries and soup kitchens throughout the US.
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Contrast that with the previous administration which was seizing PPE shipments that many of the states had ordered.
