The Biden administration has announced it will be sending more than 25 million “American-made” masks to food banks and community health sites in an effort to reach the country’s most vulnerable.
“Many low-income Americans still lack affordable access to this basic protection,” White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said during a press briefing on Wednesday.
To address this problem, the administration would be sending millions of masks starting in March to 1,300 community health sites and 60,000 food pantries and soup kitchens.
These masks, which will come in a package of two, will be ““well-fitting cloth masks” and washable. Masks would also come in both child and adult sizes so more people can benefit from the product.
Through the new program, the White House estimated that about 12 to 15 million Americans will benefit from receiving the free face coverings amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“All of these masks will be made in America,” Mr Zients said.