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TAMPA — Hillsborough County will provide free face masks to the public beginning Thursday.

The free, reusable cloth face coverings will be available to residents at two dozen libraries beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday. The county also will provide small business operators up to 100 masks while supplies last.

The county requires face coverings to be worn in indoor locations of businesses when social distancing isn’t possible. For information, see HCFLGov.net/facecoverings.

At the libraries, residents can pick up two reusable face coverings and can request face coverings for immediate family members not present. Distribution, while supplies last, will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Face coverings will be distributed from the lobbies at:

• Bloomingdale Regional Public Library, 1906 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico
• C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library, 2607 E. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Tampa
• Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library, 3910 S. Manhattan Ave., Tampa
• Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 2902 W. Bearss Ave., Tampa
• Maureen B. Gauzza Public Library, 11211 Countryway Blvd., Tampa
• North Tampa Branch Library, 8916 North Blvd., Tampa
• New Tampa Regional Library, 10001 Cross Creek Blvd., Tampa
• SouthShore Regional Library, 15816 Beth Shields Way, Ruskin
• Town N Country Regional Public Library, 7606 Paula Drive, Ste. 120, Tampa

Curbside pickup will be available at branches that have not yet reopened to the public. Residents should call or text the library when arriving. Signs with the phone number will be posted at each site. Staff will bring the face coverings outside. No appointments are needed.

Those libraries are:

• 78th St Community Library, 7625 Palm River Road, Tampa
• Arthenia L. Joyner University Area Community Library, 13619 N. 22nd St., Tampa
• Austin Davis Public Library, 17808 Wayne Road, Odessa
• Brandon Regional Library, 619 Vonderburg Dr., Brandon
• Charles J. Fendig Public Library, 3909 W. Neptune St., Tampa
• James J. Lunsford Law Library, 701 E. Twiggs St. in Tampa
• John F. Germany Public Library, 900 N. Ashley Drive, Tampa
• Lutz Branch Library, 101 W. Lutz-Lake Fern Road, Lutz
• Port Tampa City Library, 4902 W. Commerce St., Tampa
• Riverview Branch Library, 10509 Riverview Dr., Riverview
• Ruskin Branch Library, 26 Dickman Drive SE, Ruskin
• Seffner-Mango Branch Library, 410 N. Kingsway Road, Seffner
• Seminole Heights Branch Library, 4711 Central Ave., Tampa
• Thonotosassa Branch Library, 10715 Main St., Thonotosassa
• West Tampa Branch Library, 2312 W. Union St., Tampa

Operators of small businesses in Hillsborough County may submit a request for a one-time quantity of 100 reusable cloth face coverings. The face coverings are free and will be available as supplies last.

To make a request, email ESF07@hcflgov.net. Instructions on how to pick up the face coverings will be provided in a confirmation email.

The county previously distributed free face masks in June. Last week, Emergency Management Director Timothy Dudley reported the county had provided more than 1,325,000 masks since the coronavirus pandemic began.

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