The director-general of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China, where the virus was first reported, has previously warned not wearing masks is a 'big mistake.'
Amid the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak, several world leaders have been pictured recently without wearing a mask in public in their respective countries.
Chinese President Xi Jinping was pictured Friday without a mask as he arrived at the opening session of China's National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the Chinese capital. The president was greeted by several government officials who were wearing masks. Chinese president Xi Jinping is applauded by delegates wearing protective masks as he arrives during the opening of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on May 22, 2020 in Beijing, ChinaDr.
The"rate of spread is very high," Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said last week, with at least 36 percent of the cases reported to be asymptomatic at the time. The country has begun easing some lockdown restrictions earlier this month and has claimed earlier this week that deaths were decreasing. Germany has the fifth-highest number of cases in Europe, and eighth-highest in the world, as of Friday, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.
The country has the third-highest number of cases in the world and Bolsonaro has previously downplayed the severity of the outbreak and the country lost two health ministers who left their positions after clashing with the president over the country's COVID-19 response.
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