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Coronavirus Mask shortage

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Coronavirus Mask shortage
Coronavirus Mask shortage
How safe do they keep you?

First tonight á fears continue to rise around coronavirus.

If you were hoping to get your hands on a face mask, you may be out of luck!

The maasks selling out at hardware stores across the country and right here.

Kimt new three's jessica bringe joins us live with what we're seeing in rochester.

Live katie and george á these guys are getting a little hard to comeáby..

Hardware stores in rochester tell me they're selling out..

Or are sold out!

And if you're hoping to try your luck online á you may be disappointed.

Many sites are either out of stock or are increasing prices.

There is a worldwide shortage of facemasks because of the coronavirus..

The ná95 masks which filter out 95ápercent of air particles are the most in demand.

At arrow ace hardware and paint in rochester á the hooks that once held facemasks are empty.

Manager deb prudoehl (purrádale) says customers will have to wait awhile for a reástock as even the warehouse is cleared out.

I sold i think three packs to someone who was traveling out of the country two nights ago and i had maybe half a dozen at that point in time and by morning i was out of the rest.

Now the bad news about face mask á the cdc says simply... wearing a face mask will not prevent you from contracting the flu.... or even the novel coronavirus.

Live in rochester jessica bringe kimt news three.

The manager of ace hardware tells us she's noticed the face mask shortage really impact construction workers and people working on home improvement projects.

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