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Mexico’s health ministry has reported 3,918 new confirmed coronavirus infections in the country and 502 deaths as of Wednesday, bringing the official totals to 1,015,071 cases and 99,528 dead.
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Some US states have started to introduce measures such as mandatory mask-wearing to contain the spread of Covid-19, despite longstanding scepticism.
But in South Dakota, the Republican governor, Kristin Noem, is sticking to her guns and has said that mandating face coverings had been in place for weeks in Wisconsin or Wyoming but both had a higher rate of spread than South Dakota, she claimed.
Unfortunately, the spread of #COVID19 is rising in nearly every state, regardless of if they have mask mandates in place. Here in South Dakota, we’re focusing on solutions that DO good, not on responses that FEEL good. pic.twitter.com/3JD2N4YTch
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