White House officials said Tuesday that anyone who has recently been to New York should self quarantine for 14 days. Dr Deborah Birx, the response coordinator for the White House task force, warned that people leaving the hardest hit area of the United States might not be sick, but could have been exposed to the virus. … Read more
My fellow Americans: Tonight, I want to speak with you about our nation’s unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in China and is now spreading throughout the world. Today, the World Health Organization officially announced that this is a global pandemic. We have been in frequent contact with our allies, and we are … Read more
The Trump administration estimates that by the end of the week health officials will be able to perform one million coronavirus tests, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Steven Hahn said on Monday. It comes as the US went from reporting its first coronavirus death to six confirmed in Washington in a 48-hour period, as cases … Read more
Mike Pence moved Thursday to project calm in the role of chief coordinator of the government’s response to the coronavirus, chairing the first meeting of the White House’s taskforce on the virus – which has just four doctors, one of whom was absent. The taskforce held its first meeting at the Department of Health and … Read more
Donald Trump made Vice President Mike Pence his coronavirus czar in a sudden announcement Wednesday. He also declared the U.S. would spend ‘whatever’ it takes to beat coronavirus Wednesday at a White House press conference as the infection’s scale grew around the world. ‘We’re very, very ready for this, for anything,’ he said, even if … Read more