Coronavirus has infected more than 787,000 people and killed over 37,000 worldwide, according to a count by Johns Hopkins Univ. The US has the most cases globally at over 160,700. More than 3,000 people have died in the US -- over 1,200 in New York state.
Do you need to wear a mask? Growing number of health experts argue people should cover upA woman wearing a face mask walks through a market in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on March 24. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images
The World Health Organization on Monday stood by its recommendation that you only need to wear a mask if you are sick or caring for someone else who is sick.wear masks to help prevent the spread of the virus. A source close to the coronavirus task force told CNN the idea of asking Americans to wear masks for a period of time during the pandemic was likely to be under serious discussion.
Sunday that"members of the general public should wear non-medical fabric masks when going out in public in one additional societal effort to slow the spread of the virus down."also wrote in a Twitter post
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