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Biden Administration To Deliver 25 Million Masks To Health Centers And Food Banks

Officials said Wednesday that the masks will be delivered in the coming months, and are expected to reach an estimated 12 to 15 million vulnerable Americans.

The Biden administration will distribute millions of face coverings to thousands of community health centers and food banks in an effort to help vulnerable Americans more easily mask up, officials said on Wednesday.

The federal government will distribute some 25 million masks to more than 1,300 community

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