The Patriots are stepping up during the coronavirus outbreak, using their team plane to transport 1.2 million N95 masks from China to the United States, according to The Wall Street Journal's Andrew Beaton.
New England is using its plane to transport the masks after conversations with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. Patriots owner Robert Kraft and his family reportedly paid $2 million to transport the 1.2 million masks, with another 500,000 masks set to be delivered later, per Beaton.
New England's plane is expected to arrive in Boston on Thursday.
"I've never seen so much red tape in so many ways and obstacles that we had to overcome," Kraft told Beaton.