Published 20:53 IST, February 3rd 2020
Trump says 'US has the best experts' amid coronavirus dread
US President Donald Trump has announced that the US has the best experts. Trump was recently in New Jersey to campaign for the upcoming Presidential elections.
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US President Donald Trump had recently anunced that US has best experts to tackle Coronavirus. Trump was recently in New Jersey to campaign for upcoming Presidential elections wherein he talked about ongoing coronavirus dread. deadly virus has killed nearly 361 people and infected around 17,000.
Signed trade deal with China
Trump, while signing a trade deal with China on Wednesday had said that US is very much involved with Chinese right w on limiting viral infection, international media reported. He added that he had already discussed issue with Chinese President Xii Jinping and is working very closely on it.
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Later on Wednesday, US president tweeted photographs from a briefing on virus he attended with administration officials in situation room. Along with pictures, he wrote that US best experts anywhere in world and y are in top of it 24/7. On Wednesday evening, White House, in an email revealed, that meeting included members of task force which that will lead to US response to curb virus. 12 person team is chaired by Secretary of Health and Human Sevices Alex Azar and coordinated through National Security Council.
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ne of 195 US citizens who were evacuated on a chartered flight from Wuhan to California has shown any symptoms of infection, a senior US health official said on Wednesday. deadly coronavirus has reportedly killed 170 and infected over 7,700 till w. Nancy Messonnier from centre of Disease Control and Prevention said all evacuees have been assigned quarters a military base in California where y will remain in isolation on a voluntary basis for 72 hours. While talking to international media she said that all of m have agreed to remain on base.
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All passengers will undergo three days of testing and monitoring at California military base to ensure re are signs of illness, US officials said on Wednesday. If any passengers decide y want to leave base before full medical evaluations are completed, US officials would discuss ir request. Officials could isolate any of those evacuated on a case-by-case basis if officials determine y need to do so.
20:53 IST, February 3rd 2020