ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County is preparing to hand out one million masks and 200,000 bottles of hand sanitizer to small businesses in an effort to help them reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Orange County's Director of Public Safety Danny Banks said small businesses were hit the hardest during the state shut down. "The government shut these businesses down.
We now see it as our responsibility to get them going again," Banks said. He said many small business owners are struggling to reopen because they can't find the PPE needed to stay in compliance with the governor's guidelines.
Now the county is stepping in to help. "We've got the intent of moving one million masks and 200,000 hand sanitizers in just five days," Banks said.