The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department no longer has free masks available, according to a Tuesday afternoon news release from the department. The department said it has distributed its entire supply of free masks.
The department will let the community know when it receives another shipment.
The department received a new shipment Monday morning before they ran out Tuesday afternoon. The first shipment of free masks were given out Wednesday, May 6 until they were all distributed out the next day, Thursday, May 7.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s Unified Command Group (UCG) supplied a limited number of masks for Madison County residents and the masks were distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Renfro, Corp, a global sock brand company, headquartered in Mount Airy, N.C., with a manufacturing and distribution operation in Cleveland, Tenn., will work with the UCG to make the masks available to as many Tennesseans as possible, according to a news release from Gov. Lee’s office. UCG is supplying the first 300,000 Renfro masks, based on population, to all 95 of Tennessee’s county and municipal health departments this week. The local county health departments will serve as a convenient pickup location for local residents in need of a mask.
A full list of local health departments is available here.