Where to get respirator masks that meet Salt Lake County's new mandate
“They’re really hard to find in the community and some of them — especially online — are pretty expensive,” said Sara Neal, a spokeswoman for Salt Lake County Libraries.
Under the mandate, respirators are required to be worn “in public spaces while indoors or queueing outdoors.”But the surge in COVID-19 cases is also surging the price. On Amazon, KN95 respirators can cost around $2 per mask.Utahns report difficulty tracking them down in local stores. At some Walgreens and CVS pharmacies in West Valley City and Taylorsville, shelves where medical-grade masks were supposed to be were empty.
Neal said the library locations started handing out masks Saturday. She said the demand really picked up on Monday. Dr. Todd Vento with Intermountain Healthcare said if the mandate is followed correctly, the order could really help right now.
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