First Shipment of Newsom’s N95 Masks to Arrive Within Days

Employees work in the production of N95 face masks at a factory that produces 40,000 N95 masks per day, in Mexico City, Mexico, on May 21, 2020. Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images

The first shipment of approved N95 respirator masks from California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $1 billion deal with a China-based company should arrive within days, a spokesman for Newsom told The Epoch Times.

On June 8, Newsom announced that the masks, produced by BYD (Build Your Dreams) Co., had received approval from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) after twice failing to pass safety certification. BYD would begin shipping 150 million of the N95 masks within days, Newsom said.