ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County will begin distributing its cache of personal protective equipment, including masks and hand sanitizer, for free to small businesses beginning Monday which will help them protect their employees and customers through the coronavirus pandemic.
The county purchased 1 million face masks, 200,000 hand sanitizer bottles with $1.5 million from the federal CARES ACT at the recommendation of the Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force.
The county received a $243 million grant from the federal pandemic act. Mayor Jerry Demings said the county hopes to distribute these supplies among 20,000 small businesses with 40 or less employees.