White House Task Force asks Americans to wear masks while Trump terms it 'personal choice'

White House coronavirus task force is aggressively asking Americans to wear face masks before going out in public places after many states reported a surge in daily infections. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, a member of task force, during a briefing on June 30 urged people to wear a face-covering saying, "please, please, please wear a mask when you go out in public." Vice President Mike Pence, who is leading coronavirus task force also called on people to wear face coverings. Pence himself was wearing a mask during briefing. 

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of members of task force said that Americans are doing it all wrong, particularly citing examples of bars and restaurants where people were queuing in lines and standing close to each or. Fauci said that daily infection aver could rise to 1,00,000 from 40,000 if people fail to follow basic precautionary measures and continue to gar in large numbers. Mike Pence during briefing urged people to wear masks wherever it is necessary. However, Pence left it on states to man as he made clear that re are plans to introduce national requirements to wear masks.  White House was earlier downplaying importance of wearing face masks, but with growing daily cases, it seems that administration has learned its lessons. However, President Donald Trump is still t taking matter seriously as he is often spotted without a face mask. 

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COVID-19 in US

According to figures by Johns Hopkins University, United States has recorded over 2.6 million coronavirus cases so far, of which 1,27,410 people have lost ir lives. New York remains worst-hit region in country with 32,032 deaths, followed by New Jersey with 15,035 deaths. Cases are steadily rising in country with 25 states reporting more infections last week than previous week. According to reports, 10 states in United States registered weekly infection rise of more than 50 percent. Meanwhile, global tally stands at 10 million cases and over 5,10,000 deaths as of June 30. 

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