Irvine offers free masks to encourage residents to cover up
By Orange County on August 9, 2020
To make it easier for residents to comply with local face covering rules, Irvine gave away boxes of disposable masks to residents at a drive-up event on Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Civic Center.
Donated by developer FivePoint Holdings, the masks handed out on Saturday were the city’s latest salvo intended to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the community. City officials recently gave 100,000 masks to the Irvine Unified School District for students and staff, and they plan to provide masks for child care centers, seniors, emergency responders and businesses.
Community Emergency Response Team volunteer Charles Eisenberg directs traffic during Irvine’s mask giveaway on
Saturday, August 8, 2020. The event created more than a mile line of traffic around Irvine City Hall and several motorists said they waited about two hours to reach the front. The city kept traffic moving, however, with four handout stations and plenty of volunteers. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Bicyclists cruise past a long line of waiting cars wrapped around Irvine City Hall during a mask giveaway on Saturday, August 8, 2020. The city kept traffic moving smoothly, however, with four handout stations and plenty of volunteers. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Irvine City Council member Anthony Kuo waves to cars during the city’s mask giveaway on Saturday, August 8, 2020. The city gave away 2,400 boxes of masks. The event caused more than a mile-long line around City Hall with some motorists saying they waited up to two hours. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Community Emergency Response Team volunteer Kerri Fung uses a sign to instruct motorists what to do when they reach the top of the line for a free box of masks at Irvine City Hall on Saturday, August 8, 2020. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Community Emergency Response Team volunteers Charles Eisenberg Kailas Rathod use an extended fruit picker to drop a box of free masks into a cars from a safe distance at Irvine City Hall on Saturday, August 8, 2020. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Community Emergency Response Team volunteers Charles Eisenberg Kailas Rathod use an extended fruit picker to drop a box of free masks into a cars from a safe distance at Irvine City Hall on Saturday, August 8, 2020. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Community Emergency Response Team volunteers Charles Eisenberg, left, and Kailas Rathod use an extended fruit picker to drop a box of free masks into a car in Irvine on
Saturday, August 8, 2020. The giveaway created more than a mile line of traffic around Irvine City Hall and several motorists said they waited about two hours to reach the front. The city kept traffic moving, however, with four handout stations and plenty of volunteers. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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