When the US government recommended that people wear masks in public, company efforts to get masks to their employees became even more crucial. The problem is: Masks are extremely hard to source right now.
So when the US government recommended Friday that people wear masks in public, company efforts to get masks to their employees became even more crucial.The problem is: masks are extremely hard to source right now.Kroger wanted to give masks to store workers to help keep them safe against the coronavirus. But it ran into a challenge getting them from a supplier: The Italian government needed them for its health care workers.
On Friday, President Donald Trump announced new guidance from the White House that the CDC advises the use of"non-medical cloth based" face coverings, although he stressed it was voluntary and that he would not wear one. It was a reversal of previous guidance that suggested masks were unnecessary for people who weren't sick.
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