Global report: Trump says masks 'patriotic' as EU leaders agree to deal
US president to restart daily briefings; Melbourne records 374 cases; WHO warns South Africa's crisis could be precursor for more outbreaks in Africa
Donald Trump has announced his daily US coronavirus briefings will resume and that wearing face masks were patriotic" as European leaders agreed a huge coronavirus rescue plan and Australia announced it was scaling back economic support as one of its states battles a growing Covid-19 outbreak.
Having almost entirely avoided wearing a mask in public during the pandemic, the US president tweeted that many people say it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can't socially distance". The post came with a photo of the president in a mask, possibly taken at his visit about 10 days ago to the Walter Reed military hospital outside Washington.
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