responding to the growing spread of the virus US President Donald Trump held a
press conference at the White House on Wednesday over his government's response
to the outbreak are yinz omen kosis more
asked about whether the u.s. is going to restrict travel to and from South Korea
and Italy president Trump said he may do that at the right time but that's not
now speaking at a press conference at the White House on Wednesday he added
they are checking many people coming in from South Korea Italy and China which
are among the worst-hit countries at the moment the US State Department earlier
issued a level-two travel advisory for South Korea President Trump says his
administration is doing well in dealing with the corona virus as they have
tightened screening and quarantine measures but we're very very ready for
this for anything whether it's going to be a breakout of larger proportions or
whether or not we're you know we're at that very low level and we want to keep
it that way he insisted the corona virus risk in the
u.s. is low and that there are only 15 confirmed cases most of whom are
recovering however US health authorities say there are around 60 confirmed cases
in the u.s. president Trump's that the u.s. is rapidly developing vaccines and
is working with other countries to contain the virus Trump added he
recently had a long talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping and said the
situation there seems to have calmed down
he also announced he is charging Vice President Mike Pence with leading the
u.s. coronavirus response saying quote he's got a certain talent for this the
president also says his administration is working with Congress for financial
support to battle the corona virus the amount of money is expected to be at
least 2.5 billion dollars and perhaps as much as 8 billion dollars in German
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