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Biden to Ask Americans to Wear Masks for First 100 Days

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Biden to Ask Americans to Wear Masks for First 100 Days

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US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office to curtail the spread of coronavirus.

Biden told CNN he believed there would be a “significant reduction” in Covid-19 cases if every American wore a face covering. Biden also said he would order masks to be worn in all US government buildings.

The US has recorded 14.1 million cases and 276,000 deaths from Covid-19.

In the interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Biden said: “The first day I’m inaugurated, I’m going to ask the public for 100 days to mask. Just 100 days to mask, not forever. One hundred days.”

Constitutional experts say a US president has no legal authority to order Americans to wear masks, but Biden said during the interview he and his Vice-President Kamala Harris would set an example by donning face coverings.

The president’s executive authority does cover US government property, and Biden told CNN he intended to exercise such power.

“I’m going to issue a standing order that in federal buildings you have to be masked,” he said.

He added: “Transportation, interstate transportation, you must be masked, airplanes and busses, et cetera.”

US airlines, airports and most public transit systems already require all passengers and workers to wear face coverings.

The Trump White House has rejected calls from American health experts to mandate masks in transportation as “overly restrictive”.

In the CNN interview, Biden also said he would retain Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, as chief medical adviser to the new administration’s Covid-19 team.

In keeping on the public health official who is highly trusted by many Americans, Biden cited the need to convince the public of a new vaccine’s safety.

The incoming president also mentioned Dr Fauci’s stance that “you don’t have to close down the economy like a lot of folks are talking about”.

He spoke as California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a stay-at-home order for much of his state, saying he was pulling an “emergency brake” as the virus threatens to overwhelm hospitals. #

On Wednesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued an order restricting all public travel on foot or vehicle, adding: “It’s time to cancel everything.”

Earlier on Thursday, Dr Fauci apologised in an interview with the BBC for critical remarks he made about the UK’s vaccine approval process.

“I did not mean to imply any sloppiness even though it came out that way,” he said.

A day earlier, Dr Fauci told US networks that UK regulators had “rushed” the vaccine approval.

The Democratic president-elect said he would be “happy” to take a vaccine in public to allay any concerns about its safety.

Three former presidents – Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton – have said they are also prepared to be inoculated publicly to show that it is safe.

“People have lost faith in the ability of the vaccine to work,” Biden said, adding that “it matters what a president and the vice-president do.”

Biden’s Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris, who joined him at the CNN interview, received some criticism from Republicans in September after she said she would not trust any vaccine approved by US public health officials during the Trump presidency.

The Pew Research Center says just 60% of Americans are currently prepared to take a coronavirus vaccine, up from 51% who said the same in September.

Biden is preparing to take office as pharmaceutical giants are poised to ship millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines to the American public.

Pfizer, which says its vaccine is 95% effective in clinical trials, and Moderna, which says its jab is 94% effective, have both applied to the Food and Drug Administration to distribute their drugs in the US.

The UK on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus.

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