Free N95 face masks coming to Charlotte this week - where to find them

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The federal government and the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program for COVID-19 Vaccination are working together to increase access to high-quality face masks, in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

The program is sending 400 million N95 masks to pharmacies and grocery stores around the country.

Each person can receive 3 free masks, depending on availability.

It’s expected that you should be able to find the masks in stores starting Friday, January 28th, 2022. You might want to call before you go, to make sure that the store has masks available.

These are the stores in North Carolina that will receive the free N95 masks:

Costco Wholesale Corp.
CPESN USA, LLC
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (including Long’s)
Good Neighbor Pharmacy and AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation’s pharmacy services administrative organization (PSAO), Elevate Provider Network
Health Mart Pharmacies
LeaderNET and The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy, Cardinal Health’s PSAOs
Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Retail Business Services, LLC (including Food Lion, Giant Food, The Giant Company, Hannaford Bros Co, Stop & Shop)
The Kroger Co. (including Kroger, Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Ralphs, King Soopers, Smiths, City Market, Dillons, Mariano’s, Pick-n-Save, Copps, Metro Market, QFC)
Topco Associates, LLC (including Acme Fresh Markets, Associated Food Stores, Bashas, Big-Y Pharmacy and Wellness Center, Brookshire’s Pharmacy, Super One Pharmacy, FRESH by Brookshire’s Pharmacy, Coborn’s Pharmacy, Cash Wise Pharmacy, MarketPlace Pharmacy, Giant Eagle, Hartig Drug Company, King Kullen, Food City Pharmacy, Ingles Pharmacy, Raley’s, Bel Air, Nob Hill Pharmacies, Save Mart Pharmacies, Lucky Pharmacies, SpartanNash, Price Chopper, Market 32, Tops Friendly Markets, ShopRite, Wegmans, Weis Markets, Inc.)
Walgreens (including Duane Reade)
Walmart, Inc. (including Sam’s Club

This list is from the CDC. The list is the same in South Carolina.

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