United States’ President, Donald Trump, has said he does not think he will put on the face mask which has been advised by medical experts as a preventive measure, as the world battles the COVID-19 Pandemic. on Saturday declared that he will not wear a face mask.
Donald Trump who made the announcement on Thursday,  said it doesn’t look nice for him to be greeting “presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens” in the Oval Office while wearing one.
The president said wearing of mask is not compulsory but rather a voluntary action.
“You do not have to do it,” he said. “I don’t think I’m going to be doing it.”
278,458 cases of COVIID-19 and more than 7,000 deaths have been confirmed in the US.
New York State remains the worst affected area, with nearly 3,000 deaths, and state governor, Andrew Cuomo has appealed for help from other parts of the country.
The country’s health authorities had before now said that only the sick, or those caring for patients of coronavirus, should wear masks, but newer studies suggest that covering up one’s face is important to prevent inadvertent transmission.
Trump had told reporters on Friday that “from recent studies we know that the transmission from individuals without symptoms is playing a more significant role in the spread of the virus than previously understood.”
But after announcing the CDC’s new guidance he said: “I just don’t want to do it myself.”
“Sitting in the Oval Office… I somehow don’t see it for myself.”