US CDC Director: COVID-19 could be controlled in weeks if people wear masks

Robert Redfield, director of US’ Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said that coronavirus cases in country could be brought into control within four or eight weeks, only if Americans start wearing masks. This comes as United Staes has crossed 34,31,574 cases and 1,36,466 people have died, as per latest tally by John Hopkins University.

Redfield's comments were published in an editorial by Journal of American Medical Association which highlighted that infection rate in populations could be drastically reduced with masking. Encouraging people to wear face coverings he said, that time was w to embrace masking. .

"If we could get everybody to wear a mask right w, I think in four, six, eight weeks we could bring this epidemic under control."

Earlier this week, CDC published two reports that studied how wearing face-coverings could reduce spre of lethal respiratory infection and how  us of maks was easily opted in some racial and ethnic groups from April to May

To set an example

Meanwhile, elaborating furr CDC chief said that it was “heartening” to see more and more people wear masks.“I am gl to see president and vice president wear masks this weekend”. Highlighting that leers need to le by example, he said that in Trump’s and Pence’s situation, y really did t need to wear masks as y were surrounded by testing, however, y were needed to do that o set an example.

 This comes as President Trump recently me ar COVID-19 remark that has sparked controversy. American leer, on July 14,  said that decision to make students stay at home for upcoming acemic year is a 'terrible mistake' me by two of largest school districts in California. Trump while speaking to CBS News slammed decision to provide only online education for upcoming term in Los Angeles and San Diego, saying parents and teachers should change person whosoever is in charge of that 'terrible' decision. Trump's comment came as three sourn states recorded a surge in coronavirus cases. 

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