Many U.S. residents will be able to find free masks at local retailers, pharmacies, and community health centers over the next few weeks, following the federal government’s deployment of 400 million N95 masks to the general public from the Strategic National Stockpile.
Two days after the Biden administration launched the program on Jan. 19, large retailers such as Hy-Vee, Walmart, and Meijer made the N95 masks available online, according to Jeffrey Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator.
