White House: 25 million masks and 3 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be distributed.

  On the morning of February 24th, local time, the White House working group on COVID-19 epidemic held a press conference. At the press conference, Jeff Zients, coordinator of the working group, said that Biden’s government would provide more than 25 million free masks throughout the United States. He said that these children’s and adults’ size masks are cloth masks, which can be reused and will be distributed in more than 1,300 community health centers and 60,000 food storage points in the United States.

  In addition, he said that the White House is currently waiting for the emergency use authorization of Johnson & Johnson vaccine by the US Food and Drug Administration. The US government plans to distribute 3 million to 4 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine immediately next week after authorization, and distribute it to pharmacies and community health centers. (CCTV reporter Xu Dezhi)