Six coronavirus deaths in US, 91 confirmed cases: Pence

number of deaths in US from dely coronavirus rose to six on Monday while total number of confirmed cases in country crossed 90, Vice President Mike Pence has said, as vel virus continues to spre around world despite travel restrictions.

All six deaths in US are from Washington state with 43 domestic cases and 48 cases of individuals who returned to US, officials said on Monday.

coronavirus outbreak that started in China's Wuhan city in December has killed 2,943 people in country with total confirmed cases crossing 80,000 as it continues to spre to new countries around world.

US President Donald Trump along with Pence reviewed situation at White House on Monday with top health officials and those leers from pharma corporate sector who are working on eir vaccine or rapeutics for COVID-19.

"Despite today's s news, let's be clear, risk to American people of coronavirus remains low according to all of experts that we are working with across government," Pence told reporters at White House.

"As president has said, we are rey for anything, but this is an all hands on deck effort," he said.

In his meeting with leers of Pharma industry, Trump said that since start of outbreak his ministration has taken most aggressive action to protect service sense, including closing borders very early.

"I ordered sweeping travel restrictions, increased travel visory levels, establish screening measures and imposed historic quarantines. We have quarantines all over country, a lot of m," he said.

" coronavirus shows importance of bringing manufacturing back to America so that we are at home medicines and equipment and everything else that we need to protect public's health and I have been talking about this for a long time," Trump said.

At a political rally in rth Carolina later in day, president pointed to meeting at White House with pharmaceutical executives.

"y're really working hard and y're working smart. y’re going to have vaccines, I think, relatively soon,” he said.

"Washington Democrats are trying to politicise coronavirus, denigrating ble work of our public health professionals," he said.

Trump said his ministration is encouraging quick development of coronavirus rapies: “We will bring se rapies to market as rapidly as possible," he ded.

Pence told reporters at White House that many companies are alrey beginning to work on, but just as importantly, development of rapeutics and it is remarkable to think that re may well be a vaccine going to clinical trials within next six weeks.

" nature of trials, as experts have explained to us, is that vaccine might yet t be available till late this year or early next, but rapeutics giving relief to people that contract coronavirus could literally be available by summer or early fall," he said.

US pharmaceutical companies, have formed a consortium to work toger to share information in development of rapeutics and vaccines.

US has also updated its travel visories for portions of Italy and South Korea and implementation of screening of personnel from across those countries who are trying to take a direct flight to US.

Within next 12 hours, re will be 100 per cent screening of all direct flights at all airports across Italy and across South Korea. president has directed m to bring full resources of federal government and to bring very best minds in this country to bear on this effort, Pence said.

On March 1, President Trump anunced restrictions on travel from Iran and vised fellow citizens t to travel to certain areas of South Korea and Italy.

United States has alrey restricted travel on people who have visited China and Iran.

On Monday, President Trump said he is still considering ditional travel restrictions for countries with rampant coronavirus outbreaks, CNN reported.

"Yes, we are," President said in response to a question about ditional restrictions on travel "from certain countries where y're having more of a breakout." PTI LKJ AMS