'We all are deeply concerned and [that's] why we've been raising the alert,' said Dr. Deborah Birx.
As of the time of writing, there are more than 125,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the U.S., according to a tracker updated by John Hopkins University. More than 2,100 people have died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and over 2,600 people have already recovered.
The Trump administration has faced substantial criticism from health experts and Democratic lawmakers for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. The U.S. has far surpassed China, the country where the coronavirus first arose, and every other country in the world in the number of confirmed cases. While Trump took early precautionary action by barring all foreigners who had recently visited China from entering the U.S.
Although health experts have noted that Trump's early travel ban gave the U.S. additional time to prepare, the lack of testing and failure to isolate those infected during those weeks allowed the coronavirus to spread rapidly throughout the country with little mitigation.
Deborah Birx, the response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, speaks as President Donald Trump listens, during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus at the White House on March 24 in Washington, D.C.Trump's"denial at the beginning was deadly.
Now, over the past two weeks, state and municipal governments have implemented stringent social distancing measures, including closing bars, restaurants, schools, gyms, cinemas and public gatherings. The federal government has also issued social distancing guidelines, while taking steps to support state governments in their battle against the virus.
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