Riverside County gives away 10 million masks to prevent the spread of the virus


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Riverside County officials announced they will be giving away 10 million masks to help fight the coronavirus.

Officials are expected to provide more details on the draw at a press conference to be held on Friday morning.

At that conference, the county says they will discuss a community action plan to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the next 30 days.

According to a statement, this will be an in-person media event that will take place outside of the County Administrative Center, located at 4080 Lemon Street in Riverside. Social distancing will be required.

While there is no “call” feature for the event, it will be streamed live on the Riverside University Health System-Facebook Public Health here.

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