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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Vice President Mike Pence will be in charge of the US response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Trump said the risk to the American people from the virus “remains very low.”
“We’re ready to adapt and we’re ready to do whatever we have to as the disease spreads, if it spreads,” he told a news conference.
Trump also said the United States would spend “whatever is appropriate” to combat the disease.
