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If more Americans wore masks the pandemic would slow, experts say

‘Masks are incredibly important’ to avoid airborne transmission of coronavirus, but a third of Americans say they sometimes or never wear them
Mike Pence wears a face mask as he arrives in Dallas on Sunday. Photograph: Tony Gutierrez/AP

A cultural shift among Americans to adopt mass mask wearing would be one of the simplest and most effective ways to curb further devastation from the coronavirus pandemic, according to public health experts.

New Covid-19 infections are surging across much of the US, with 2.6 million people now confirmed to have had the virus.

The true figure of infection is probably much higher, at around 20 million, with Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on Monday that

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