Free N95 masks are now available at some US pharmacies and health centers, and they're coming to others soon.
WASHINGTON -- The first free N95 masks have started to arrive at U.S. pharmacies, with more on the way in the coming days, as the Biden administration seeks to ramp up access to high-quality masks amid the spread of the highly-transmissible Omicron variant.
The flyer, which is being distributed in both English and Spanish, notes that up to three of the free masks are"available to every person in the U.S." It directs people toWhere masks are arriving "I can confirm that we began receiving and distributing our first shipments of N95 masks from HHS on Friday, Jan. 21. At this time, many Hy-Vee pharmacy locations have received and are distributing their mask allocations. All 275 Hy-Vee pharmacies in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin will have masks by mid-week," Christina Gayman, a spokesperson for Hy-Vee, Inc., wrote in an email to CNN on Monday.
"We are pleased to partner with the Administration to make N95 masks in varying sizes available free of charge at participating Walgreens locations while supplies last," a Walgreens spokesperson wrote in an email to CNN on Monday. "Our understanding is that these select health centers should be receiving the masks by the end of January," Farber wrote."Each individual health center will need time to develop a distribution plan and notification process for patients. If you are a patient, check with your local health center's web site for announcements. Bear in mind that most health care systems are at capacity and workers are suffering from pandemic exhaustion -- and health centers are no exception.
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