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Donald Trump urges Americans to wear face masks, says it will ‘get worse before it gets better’ – SBS News
President Donald Trump has encouraged Americans to wear a mask if they cannot maintain social distance and has urged young people to avoid packed bars.
A sombre President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that the coronavirus crisis in the United States is likely to “get worse before it gets better.”
“Some areas of our country are doing very well,” Mr Trump said at his first formal White House briefing on the pandemic in almost three months.
“Others are doing less well,” the president said. “It will probably, unfortunately get worse before it gets better.”
He said there had been a “a concerning rise in (virus) cases in many parts of our South…
