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Free disposable face masks available to San Angelo residents Wednesday

Disposable face masks will be available Wednesday for San Angelo residents at San Angelo Stadium. There will be a limit per household.

SAN ANGELO, Texas — Disposable face masks will be available to San Angelo residents 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 are 20,000 masks available out of the 100,000 ordered. The City said in a press release it does not have information on when the remaining masks will be available.

If all masks are handed out prior to 7 p.m. Wednesday, the site will be closed. If all masks are not distributed Wednesday, 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, citizens are advised to travel southbound on Johnson to reach the entrance.

Once at the site, there will be drive-thru distribution points. Citizens do not have to exit their vehicles to receive masks. The disposable masks that are being distributed are not N95 masks or respirator masks.

The location will be manned by City of San Angelo employees. Citizens will drive to the location and 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 is a limit of seven masks per car/household. Please only request masks needed for your household, to help ensure as many people in the community as possible are able to receive masks.

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