WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden says the government expects to send millions of masks to people across the country “very soon”.
Such a plan was considered and withdrawn by the Donald Trump administration.
Biden has not provided details including cost, timing and the type of mask to be shipped. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The president confirmed the plan in a virtual roundtable Tuesday with four Black essential workers: a St. Louis firefighter and EMT, a Chicago pharmacist, a daycare worker in Columbus, Ohio, and a district manager of a grocery store in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Biden has asked everyone to wear face masks for the first 100 days of his term. He also required the wearing of masks in federal buildings and on public transportation.