Prognosis
Infectious Omicron Drives More Americans to Up Mask Game to N95s
- Connecticut about to launch giveaway of 6 million N95 masks
- Companies see orders for high-quality masks triple this month
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High-quality N95 masks aren’t just for health-care workers anymore. Starting Thursday, Connecticut will make that abundantly clear when it begins giving away 6 million of them to the state’s 3.6 million residents.
Any mask can help prevent Covid-19 transmission “but an N95 will provide better protection,” said Manisha Juthani, the state’s public health commissioner, in a statement announcing the giveaway. “We are distributing enough N95 masks for any Connecticut resident that would like one.”