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The White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said on Sunday that the US is in a new phase in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, warning that the deadly virus is more widespread than when it first took hold in the US earlier this year.

Iran PressAmerica: "What we are seeing today is different from March and April. It is extraordinarily widespread. It's into the rural as equal urban areas," Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union."

Birx stressed that Americans need to follow health recommendations, including wearing a mask and practicing social distancing.

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