Trump says coronavirus spread is not ‘inevitable' as he puts Pence in charge of response

Donald Trump has sought to play down the threat from coronavirus, saying the danger to Americans ‘remains very low’ and predicting that the number of cases diagnosed in the country, currently on 15, could fall to zero in a ‘few days’. In a press conference in Washington, the US president also announced he was placing vice-president Mike Pence in charge of coordinating the US response to the coronavirus outbreak
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