U.S. surgeon general implores Americans to wear a mask in public

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Tuesday urged Americans to wear a face mask in public to control the spread of coronavirus. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, speaking alongside the surgeon general, struck an optimistic tone as he said fatalities were at their lowest level since the end of March. Coronavirus cases more than doubled in 14 U.S. states in the month of June, including California, Florida and Texas, a Reuters analysis on Tuesday showed.

While much of the world appears over the worst of the pandemic, the United States and a few other countries are still seeing huge daily spikes.