President Trump says ‘there’s no reason to panic at all’ after US reported its first coronavirus death [ARTICLE]

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Trump said the death was of a high-risk patient and the administration saw no immediate threat to otherwise healthy people. "There is no reason to panic, this is something that is being handled professionally," Trump said, adding that authorities in the country are "Prepared for whatever circumstance.” President Donald Trump confirmed the first death in the US related to the coronavirus Saturday afternoon, but re-affirmed the administration's confidence in authorities addressing the outbreak. Trump said the person who died was a high-risk patient in her late 50s, and that his administration was bracing for more cases but was confident that healthy people have no need for extra concern. Officials in King County, Washington confirmed the death hours before Trump held the afternoon press conference, specifying that the patient had been treated in the state for "Severe respiratory illness" and tested positive for coronavirus last night. The president added that he was encouraged by the first steps government authorities had taken in developing a vaccine from which he had received "Very good initial feedback" and would be meeting with pharmaceutical companies on Monday. The US has access to 43 million medical masks, Trump said, just one of the resources that he credited with ensuring the country is "Prepared for whatever circumstance.” "There is no reason to panic, this is something that is being handled professionally," Trump told reporters. The president also clarified his comment from a day earlier, when he called criticism from Democrats over his handling of the virus a "Hoax." When a reporter asked if he regretted using the word "Hoax," Trump said his comments were in reference to Democrats propagating other political issues like "The impeachment hoax or the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax.” "Hoax referring to the action that they take to try and pin this on somebody because we've done such a good job," Trump said Saturday. Trump's comments came the same day he said the coronavirus task force, led by Vice President Mike Pence , met for about two hours to address next steps in confronting the outbreak. Pence spoke after Trump, doubling down on the president's confidence while confirming an increase in precautionary measures for travelers and medical workers. Mapping the coronavirus outbreak: Where in the world and the US the disease has spread. Chinese social-media platform WeChat saw spikes in the terms 'SARS,' 'coronavirus,' and 'shortness of breath,' weeks before the first cases were confirmed, a study suggests. Wife of first US service member to test positive for the coronavirus has also been infected. At least 4 of the dozens of US coronavirus cases are not linked to overseas travel but are likely the result of 'community spread'. Source | Create Website | Criar site | Crear sitio web | Créer un site Web