The masks will start to become available late next week, and the program will be fully up and running by early February, according to the official.
that everyone 2 years of age or older wear masks in indoors public spaces regardless of vaccination status in areas with substantial or high levels of viral transmission. Right now, virtually every county in the U.S. has transmission of the virus,People are required by federal law to wear masks on planes, buses, trains and other forms of public transportation.
Democrats in Congress have pushed the Biden administration to provide N95 masks to Americans for free as the highly contagious omicron Covid variant has swept the country, causing unprecedented levels of infection. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.,last week to deliver three N95 masks to every person in the U.S. The legislation has 50 cosponsors in the House and Senate.
"Congress must demand the mass production and distribution of N95 masks, one of the most effective ways to stop the spread of the Covid virus," Sanders said in a statement. Researchers in Australia found that fabric masks are least 50% effective at filtering virus particles, while N95 and surgical masks are about 99% effective. TheThe Biden administration is also distributing free at-home Covid tests to American households. Every home can order four Covid tests at
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