White House to Send Millions of Masks to At-Risk Communities (1)

President Joe Biden’s administration will send more than 25 million masks to disadvantaged communities that have borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.

The administration will ship the cloth masks to 1,300 community health centers and thousands of food banks and soup kitchens, with the goal of getting them to vulnerable populations.

“While masks are widely available in many different shapes and sizes, many low-income Americans still lack affordable access to this basic protection,” Jeff Zients, the White House’s Covid-19 response coordinator, said at a briefing Wednesday in announcing the measure.

Bloomberg first reported themass ...