Miami's mayor asks people to wear face masks in their own homes to reduce the spread of coronavirus within families

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• Miami's mayor told people that wearing face masks at home could reduce the coronavirus spread among families.
• Francis Suarez said homes and families had become the largest sources of coronavirus infections, and that people should adjust their behavior as a result.
• He recommended that people consider, "particularly if they have a multigenerational household, wearing masks indoors, at times, with their multigenerational residents and also respecting social distance when they're at home."
• Likewise, the mayor of Miami-Dade county suggested that people think about social distancing when they're at home with their families.
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The mayor of Miami, Florida, has encouraged residents to wear masks at home to reduce the coronavirus spread within families.

Francis Suarez said on Thursday that the number of new daily coronavirus cases in Miami has been getting lower. However, infections between people living in one home was still a cause for concern.

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