Oneida County is handing out 50,000 masks at county office buildings, as well as Walmart locations in Utica, New Hartford and Rome.
Free mask pick up happening at several different locations across the county right now.
Oneida county's mask enforcement starts today.
So the county is handing out masks.
The county office building in utica and the socail services building on west dominick street in rome are two places.
One package of cloth masks will be given to each family- there's five in a pack.
Walmart in utica, rome and new hartford are also handing out masks, but only to shoppers that don't have one.
This is all in effort to help fight the virus.
"the county executive has given us a chance today to come out and give out some free masks to our citizens here in oneida county.
So as you can see, there have been a lot of people that have come through.
It's a great opportunity for folks to help outfit someone in their family and themselves.
It's a great thing that we are trying to do here."
The mask pick up in utica and rome runs until 4:30pm today.
If you need masks, get them while supplies last!
The drive-thru coronavirus
On Wednesday, May 6, there will be a milk handout at Boscov's at Sangertown Square in New Hartford.