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BBC OS: 2020/12/04 16:06 GMT: Biden: '100 days to mask'

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Biden: "100 days to mask"

2020/12/04 16:06 GMT

2020/12/04 16:06 GMT: Biden: '100 days to mask'

Biden: '100 days to mask'

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Once in office, the President-elect says he'll ask Americans to wear a face covering

US President-elect Joe Biden says he'll ask Americans to wear a face covering as soon as he takes office. "Just 100 days to mask," he told CNN, "not forever". He says it will drive down deaths from coronavirus which have once again hit record levels in the United States. We'll reflect the conversation in response amongst Americans.

We'll bring you the account of another medic who has been responding to the pandemic. Dr James Phillips was also at the eye of a political storm in Washington DC, after he tweeted that the drive taken by President Trump to meet supporters while being treated for Covid-19 at Walter Reed Medical Center was "insanity".

We'll hear how Afghans are remembering an extraordinary woman: Lieutenant General Suhaila Siddiq who has died at the age of 82. She was also a surgeon and the first and only woman to achieve her rank in the Afghan armed forces.

Picture: President-elect Joe Biden puts on a face covering (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

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