Saturday, February 4, 2023
Khmer Daily Cambodia News
34 °c
Phnom Penh
  • LATEST
  • CAMBODIA
  • ASIA
    • JAPAN
    • SOUTH KOREA
    • TAIWAN
  • WORLD
    • CHINA
    • RUSSIA
  • BUSINESS CAMBODIA
  • TECHNOLOGY
No Result
View All Result
  • LATEST
  • CAMBODIA
  • ASIA
    • JAPAN
    • SOUTH KOREA
    • TAIWAN
  • WORLD
    • CHINA
    • RUSSIA
  • BUSINESS CAMBODIA
  • TECHNOLOGY
No Result
View All Result
The Khmer Daily
No Result
View All Result
Home World

In a first, Trump dons masks in visit to a military medical facility

July 13, 2020
in World
0
In a first, Trump dons masks in visit to a military medical facility
0
SHARES
8
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

BETHESDA, Md. – President Donald Trump, who has avoided wearing a mask in public even as the coronavirus pandemic spread, donned one on Saturday at a military medical facility outside Washington where he was to meet with wounded soldiers and front-line health-care workers.

The visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center marked Trump’s first public appearance with a face covering since the virus began sweeping across the United States earlier this year.

Trump had previously refused to wear a mask in public or ask other Americans to do so, saying it was a personal choice, although he had said he would if he was in a crowd and could not maintain distance from others.

“I think when you are in a hospital, especially in that particular setting when you are talking to a lot of soldiers, people that in some cases just got off the operating table, I think it’s a great thing to wear a mask,” Trump told reporters at the White House just before his visit to Walter Reed.

At the medical facility, Trump walked by media gathered for a carefully staged photo opportunity wearing a navy blue mask emblazoned with a presidential seal embossed in gold. He said only “thank you” as he passed.

Top public health officials have urged the use of masks to slow the spread of the virus, which by Friday had claimed nearly 134,000 American lives. Critics say Trump’s refusal to wear one showed a lack of leadership.

Even as other officials in his administration called for the use of masks and social distancing, Trump, who faces re-election in November, pressured states to reopen closed economies.

But since many states relaxed coronavirus restrictions, the virus has found a new toehold. New U.S. cases of Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus, rose by more than 69,000 on Friday, a third straight daily record.

As of Friday, the number of confirmed U.S. infections topped 3 million, according to a Reuters tally.

A spokesman for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Trump had spent months ignoring the advice of medical experts and politicizing wearing a mask.

“Rather than taking responsibility and leading, he wasted four months that Americans have been making sacrifices by stoking divisions and actively discouraging people from taking a very basic step to protect each other,” said the spokesman, Andrew Bates.

This article was first published in Asia One . All contents and images are copyright to their respective owners and sources.

Tags: #coronavirus#COVID-19Donald Trump
Previous Post

Thai government to sign deal with Shopee in bid to make farmers tap e-commerce platform

Next Post

Thai monkey trainer rejects PETA claims on coconut harvesting

Related Posts

King Charles III won’t appear on Australia’s cash as country drops U.K. royals from banknotes

King Charles III won’t appear on Australia’s cash as country drops U.K. royals from banknotes

by CBS News
February 3, 2023
0
6

Australia has decided it's had enough of the British monarchy - at least on its dollar bills. The country will...

China asks Japan to stop ‘right-wing’ provocations on East China Sea islands

China asks Japan to stop ‘right-wing’ provocations on East China Sea islands

by AsiaOne
February 3, 2023
0
3

BEIJING — Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi discussed disputed islands in the East China Sea...

Man United’s Greenwood has all charges against him dropped

Man United’s Greenwood has all charges against him dropped

by AsiaOne
February 3, 2023
0
7

MANCHESTER — Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood has had all criminal charges against him dropped, police and prosecutors said on Thursday (Feb...

Most Popular

Passenger in Nepal plane crash livestreams last seconds of his life on Facebook

Passenger in Nepal plane crash livestreams last seconds of his life on Facebook

January 18, 2023
31
Nepal plane crash searchers rappel, fly drones to find last passengers

Nepal plane crash searchers rappel, fly drones to find last passengers

January 18, 2023
26
Prince William feared Prince Harry was being ‘brainwashed’ by his therapist

Prince William feared Prince Harry was being ‘brainwashed’ by his therapist

January 9, 2023
17
Japanese firm to study urban, provincial railways in Cambodia

Japanese firm to study urban, provincial railways in Cambodia

January 11, 2023
16
California doctor who drove Tesla off cliff to be charged with attempted murder

California doctor who drove Tesla off cliff to be charged with attempted murder

January 6, 2023
16
UK paper group bids to throw out Prince Harry and others’ privacy lawsuits

UK paper group bids to throw out Prince Harry and others’ privacy lawsuits

January 14, 2023
15

© 2020 By Khmer Daily News

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Latest
  • Cambodia
  • ASIA
  • World
  • Business
  • Tech

© 2019 The Khmer Daily.

error: Content is protected !!