First US person-to-person transmission of coronavirus confirmed
The White House announced Wednesday the creation of a new task force to deal with the threat of the coronavirus in the United States.
In a statement, the White House wrote that the “President’s Coronavirus Task Force” will, “lead the Administration’s efforts to monitor, contain, and mitigate the spread of the virus, while ensuring that the American people have the most accurate and up-to-date health and travel information.”
Members of the task force have been meeting daily since Monday, the statement said.
President Donald Trump tweeted photos of the meeting earlier on Wednesday evening, writing, “We will continue to monitor the ongoing developments.”
“We have the best experts anywhere in the world, and they are on top of it 24/7!,” the President wrote.
Trump suggested on Wednesday that he’d recently spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping amid concerns over containing the Wuhan coronavirus, but a White House official told CNN that the last time the two world leaders spoke was in December.
