New Orleans City Council members will hand out 36,000 masks on Saturday to help curb the spread of coronavirus as the city further reopens its economy.
Officials say masks will be available starting at 10 a.m. at locations in Algiers, Gentilly Woods, the Lower Garden District, the Marlyville-Fontainebleau neighborhood, and the Little Woods neighborhood in New Orleans East, among others.
The event is part of an ongoing effort to make sure every resident in need of a mask has one, particularly as New Orleans prepares to reopen casinos, bars and tattoo shops Saturday for the first time since mid-March.
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