White House Sending Masks to Community Health Centers, Food Pantries
email article WASHINGTON -- The White House will ship more than 25 million masks to 1,300 community health centers and 60,000 food pantries during the month of March as a way of encouraging people to "mask up" to fight COVID-19, officials said Wednesday. "Not all Americans are wearing masks regularly, not all Americans have access, and not all masks are equal," said Jeff Zients, the White House's COVID-19 response coordinator, at a briefing with reporters. "With this action, we are helping to level the playing field, giving all Americans quality, well-fitting masks ... The action we'r...