Coronavirus: US set to recommend wearing of masks
Posted on AllSides April 3rd, 2020
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The White House is expected to advise Americans in coronavirus hotspots to wear cloth masks or scarves in public to help stop the virus spread.
President Donald Trump said such an advisory would not be mandatory.
Residents of New York, the epicentre of the US outbreak, have already been urged to cover their faces in public.
Top health official Dr Anthony Fauci has said he believed all states should issue stay-at-home orders, as the US death toll passed 6,000.
"I don't understand why that's not happening," Dr Fauci told CNN...
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