New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that President Donald Trump should issue an executive order mandating that people wear masks in public and he should lead by example and cover his face, Reuters reported.

“The other states are just starting to do it now, states that were reluctant, governors who said 'we don't need to do this, masks don't work',” Cuomo said at a media briefing.

“Now they're doing a 180 [...] let the president have the same sense and do that as an executive order.”

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