Wearing masks prevalent in Western world after learning from Asia

Wearing face masks to fight the coronavirus outbreak has become increasingly prevalent in the United States and Europe after they saw relatively slow rises in infection numbers in Japan and South Korea, where people routinely put on masks in winter to prevent diseases, health experts say.U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Americans are advised to wear cloth masks or face coverings in public as a voluntary measure to help blunt the spread of the virus, although he said he will not do so himself.The number of confirmed cases in the United States stood at 74 on March 1 before explodi…READ FULL ARTICLE