Iran Press/America: While America is reporting its first death from Coronavirus, theUS President Trump has claimed that the risk to the American people from the virus “remains very low”, but the principal deputy director for the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention warned the US should expect to see more cases of Coronavirus.
During the remarks on Saturday 29 February, the US Vice President Mike Pence said the US administration would be expanding travel restrictions. He also said the US would heighten a travel advisory for specific regions of Italy and South Korea.
"We are urging Americans to not travel to the areas in Italy and the areas in South Korea that are most affected by the coronavirus," Pence said.
According to CNN's count, using information confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Protection and state health agencies, there are now 67 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in the United States. The majority of those cases were repatriated passengers from the Diamond Princess Cruise ship.
Less than an hour before Trump was scheduled to speak, the Washington Department of Health confirmed the first coronavirus death in the United States.
Washington state health officials reported the first patient death from coronavirus in the United States on Saturday, according to a news release.
State health officials were due to provide more information at a news conference on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time (2100 GMT), according to the statement, Reuters reported.
Washington Post earlier reported that a new case of Coronavirus was confirmed in the United States on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 60.
The WHO has said that the global coronavirus risk is now 'very high'.
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