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Wed Jul 22, 2020, 08:09 PM Jul 2020

California Orders Millions More Masks With Virus Cases at Record

(Bloomberg) -- With California now recording more coronavirus cases than any other state, Governor Gavin Newsom said he will extend a contract with China’s BYD Co. for hundreds of millions of masks and warned that efforts to contain the pandemic will stretch into next year.

California is burning through 46 million masks per month but needs more, with domestic companies still unable to supply them at the scale required, Newsom said in a news briefing Wednesday. He’s extending a contract with automaker BYD to supply another 120 million N95 masks and 300 million surgical procedure masks.

California had previously contracted with BYD to supply 500 million masks total. Newsom wants to see more competition from domestic suppliers.

“We need to go big and continue to be bold in our procurement,” Newsom said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/california-orders-millions-more-masks-with-virus-cases-at-record/ar-BB174lWe?li=BBnb7Kz

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