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White House experts leading the country’s fight against COVID-19 recommend wearing masks in public, but Trump has not done so so far, despite the fact that more and more attendees have begun wearing them as tests have detected some members of the White House staff.
Hours after the World Health Organization (WHO) asked countries to step up measures to control the virus, Trump donned a dark mask with a stamped presidential insignia on visits to wounded soldiers at the Walter Reed Military Hospital, near from Washington.
“I never opposed masks, but I really believe there is a time and a place for that,” he told reporters as he left the White House.
Ahead of the US presidential election in November, Trump lags behind in popularity relative to Democrat Joe Biden. Polls show that most Americans don’t like the way the country’s leader has handled this public health crisis.
However, the president continues to praise his response to the pandemic despite figures showing the extent of the spread of the virus in the United States.
On Saturday night, the country announced a new record number of confirmed infections per day: 66,528. The number of deaths from COVID-19 has increased from almost 800,000 to almost 135,000.
However, in Florida, where nearly a sixth of new infections have been reported, the Walt Disney World theme park has partially opened and been out of service for four months due to the pandemic.
Hundreds of people waited in line at the park’s entrance in Orlando. Some wore Mickey Mouse ears, all wore masks, social distance, and hygiene requirements.
A few days ago, Anthony Fauci, the U.S.’s leading infectious disease specialist, said that Florida’s quarantine measures had begun to be lifted without meeting safety criteria.
Almost 13 million people worldwide were already infected with the new coronavirus in China at the end of last year. More than 560 thousand people died. The pandemic also caused great economic damage.
The most affected country in the world is the United States. In second place is Brazil, where the number of deaths from COVID-19 exceeded 70,000 on Friday.
The “extreme test”
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on countries to aggressively fight the virus, citing successful measures in Italy, South Korea and elsewhere.
“We all face extreme trial,” he said Friday during a virtual press conference in Geneva.
“Only aggressive action, along with national unity and global solidarity, can overcome this pandemic,” he added.
At that time, French officials warned of an increasing number of infections in cities, with more than 30,000 deaths in the country.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that the decision to allow the reopening of bars and other companies could have been rushed after the country announced a record number of new infections on Friday: 1,500.
Australian authorities said it would halve the number of people who can return from abroad in one day. The decision was made following an increase in infections and the introduction of quarantine measures in the country’s second largest city, Melbourne.
In Hong Kong, where life has almost returned to normal, there has also been an “exponential” increase in the number of infections. There will be no more schools in the city starting Monday.
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