SAN ANGELO, TX – Disposable face masks will be available to the citizens of San Angelo from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 29 at San Angelo Stadium. All masks are courtesy of Principal LED, Ener-Tel and the San Angelo Health Foundation. There will be 20,000 masks available out of the 100,000 ordered. The City does not have information on when the remaining masks will be available.
According to Principal LED CEO Bryan Vincent, "There has been major disruption in air freight due to the massive amounts of PPE being imported to the USA. They are waiting to be uploaded to an airplane in Hong Kong, but have cleared and we are monitoring their progress daily. We hope to have the balance here very soon." Vincent said. "They are basically metering out weights and kicking some back giving priority based on need and space on the airplanes. Actually, had I put them on a boat we may have gotten them sooner. Current tracing is giving us a delivery by the middle of next week. Wednesday or Thursday."
If all masks are handed out prior to 7 p.m. Wednesday, then the site will be closed. If all masks are not distributed on Wednesday, then the site will reopen at 7 a.m. Thursday and remain open until 7 p.m. or until all the masks are distributed.
There will be one entrance and one exit to the site off of Johnson Street. The entrance will be near the Central High School softball fields, so citizens are advised to travel southbound on Johnson to reach the entrance. Once at the site, there will be drive-thru distribution points so citizens do not have to get out of their vehicles.
The disposable masks that are being handed out are not N95 masks or respirator masks.
The location will be manned by City employees. Citizens will drive to the location and will have masks handed to them as they drive through. Contact between drivers and City staff will be as limited as possible. Walk-ups are not allowed.
There will be a limit of seven masks per car/household. Please only request masks that you need for you and your household. This helps ensure as many people in the community as possible are able to receive masks.
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... Bandana mask that will be here soon ! I won't put my trust in a disposable mask from Hong Kong, several reasons why I wouldn't trust disposable mask and I don't feel the need to explain... from Hong Kong, that reason "should be" a nobrainer. A washable cloth mask to me ... is a better choice over a thin, uncomfortable disposable mask! I used those back in the day when I worked at ASU on the ground crew mowing the football fields for the Houston Oilers when they had their training camp at ASU ... then I used them when I was employed as a TGC building Maintenance technician and did work orders at the TGC Justice Center (Jail) !
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