Gov. Doug Burgum, a Republican, cautioned people against thinking of the decision to wear a mask or face covering as a political one.
President Donald Trump has notably refused to wear a mask in public, although he was recently photographed wearing one during a visit to a Ford plant in Michigan, according to NBC News."They might be doing it because they've got a 5-year-old child who's been going through cancer treatments," he said."They might have vulnerable adults in their life who currently have COVID-19 and they're fighting.
"So again, I would just love to see our state, as part of being 'North Dakota smart', also be 'North Dakota kind,' 'North Dakota empathetic,' 'North Dakota understanding,' to do this thing. Because if somebody wants to wear a mask, there should be no mask shaming."North Dakota has 2,365 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and 52 deaths, according to the latest figures from the North Dakota Department of Health.
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