US health officials recommend Americans wear face masks in public as death toll jumps | ABC News

Health officials in the United States are now recommending Americans wear cloth face masks when they go out in public in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

The death toll in the US continues to rise sharply. In New York, it's nearly doubled in just the past three days.

North America correspondent James Glenday reports.

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