'석달만의 코로나 브리핑' 트럼프 "상황 나빠질것…마스크 써라"<br /><br />We start in the United States.<br />Acknowledging the serious situation in the U.S., President Trump is now strongly urging Americans to wear face masks to protect themselves and other against COVID-19.<br />However, as he resumed his White House coronavirus briefings on Tuesday, he also mentioned that vaccine developments could come sooner than expected.<br />Kim Sung-min reports.<br />In his first COVID-19 briefing in months on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump urged Americans to wear face masks in public.<br />"America's youth will act responsibly. And we're asking everybody that when you are not able to socially distance, wear a mask, get a mask, whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact. They'll have an effect."<br />Saying that he also wears masks in public, Trump mentioned that wearing a mask could be an act of "patriotism."<br />This statement came as Trump was saying how the situation in the U.S. could get worse before it gets better.<br />However, he did mentioned that vaccines could also be ready a lot sooner than expected.<br />""Two vaccine candidates are entering the final stage of clinical trials this month. This was achieved in record time. It used to be years before you were in a position like we are right now."<br />Trump's coronavirus briefing came on the same day that the Pan American Health Organization gave a gloomy view for the region.<br />The head of the organization, Carissa Etienne said that the virus in the Americas is showing "no signs of slowing down."<br />She said during Tuesday's virtual briefing that some Central American nations have been seeing their highest weekly increases in COVID-19 cases since the start of the outbreak.<br />Around 900-thousand new cases were reported in the Americas over the past week..., mostly in Brazil, Mexico and the U.S.<br />As of Wednesday, Korea time, the total number of cases around the world has topped fifteen million..., with some 4 million coming solely from the U.S.<br />But, the actual number could be higher as a study by the U.S. CDC showed..., data from antibody tests in 10 different cities and states indicate the number of COVID-19 infections was between two and 13 times higher than the reported rates.<br />Kim Sung-min, Arirang News.<br />
