BREAKING: Trump to give prime-time remarks on response to coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will make a prime-time statement Wednesday about coronavirus amid widening concerns over an outbreak that is now a pandemic.
Trump's statement will come hours after the World Health Organization formally declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic as the global death toll rose above 4,300. Confirmed cases in the U.S. crept past 1,000, according to Johns Hopkins.Trump, who said his remarks would"probably" take place 8 p.m. EDT, said the nation is"hitting a patch and we’re going to have to do something.
Trump declined to say whether he would announce additional travel restrictions or a national emergency. He said there would be economic and health announcements during his statement. The Trump administration is scrambling to respond to the public health and economic fallout from the virus. Trump and Democrats are negotiating over what the president described as a"dramatic" stimulus. As part of that, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said the administration is considering delaying the annual April 15 tax day.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Trump to deliver prime time remarks on coronavirus pandemic
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