Democratic presidential candidates at Tuesday's debate took aim at the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Some candidates called for more funding to be allocated to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's effort to prepare for an outbreak in the U.S.The criticism came after the CDC stepped up its call Tuesday for the public to start preparing for a possible pandemic outbreak in the U.S.
The criticism came after the CDC stepped up its call Tuesday for the public to start preparing for a possible pandemic outbreak in the U.S. The number of confirmed cases in the U.S. has grown from five on Jan. 30 to 59 as of Wednesday. A majority of those cases came from passengers repatriated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined off the coast of Japan.
"I would be on the phone with China and making it clear, we are going to need to be in your country, you have to be open, you have to be clear, we have to know what's going on, we have to be there with you."When asked about his policies to ban trans fat and sugary drinks in New York, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg segued to attacking President Donald Trump over his administration's response to coronavirus.
"This president has not invested like he should have in his budget. He tried to cut back on the CDC. He tried to cut back on the international organizations that would coordinate with the rest of the world. He hasn't yet really addressed the nation on this topic," she said. "I would do all of that.""What we have to do is make sure that we have treatment for those Americans and that they are in a quarantine situation," she said.
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