Health and Human Services officials held a briefing earlier today to provide an update on the federal governments response to the coronavirus outbreak. During the briefing, h. H. S. Secretary alex azar said the immediate risk to the general American Public remains low. But as we have warned, that has the potential to change quickly. This is 45 minutes. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us here today. This is the h. H. S. Briefing on the china coronavirus and we aim to do two things today. Provide the American Public with an update on the risk presented by the virus, and provide the latest update on the actions that president Trumps Administration is taking to respond to the outbreak and keep americans safe. Mr. Azar im joined today by the Principle Deputy Principal Deputy director for the centers of Disease Control and prevention in atlanta. The National Institute of allergy and infectious disease. Dr. Kadlec, h. H. S. s assistant secretary for preparedness and response,
Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us here today. This is the h. H. S. Briefing on the china coronavirus and we aim to do two things today. Provide the American Public with an update on the risk presented by the virus, and provide the latest update on the actions that president Trumps Administration is taking to respond to the outbreak and keep americans safe. Mr. Azar im joined today by the Principle Deputy Principal Deputy director for the centers of Disease Control and prevention in atlanta. The National Institute of allergy and infectious disease. Dr. Kadlec, h. H. S. s assistant secretary for preparedness and response, and the commissioner of food and drugs. As of this morning, we still have only 14 cases of the china coronavirus detected here in the United States. Involving travel to china, or close contacts with those travelers. We have three cases among americans repatriated from wuhan. And we have 40 cases among american passengers repatriated from the diamond pri
Certainly a backup. Were also keeping an eye on the san mateo bridge where there is debris in the lane. One is blocked, the far right one, because of the per debris. This morning the president s and ants a briefing from the white house to address the coronavirus. The cdc is preparing for a possible pandemic saying that a coronavirus outbreak in the u. S. Is now inevitable. One bay area city is not taking any chances declaring a state of emergency already. Kpix 5s joining us live from San Francisco with the plan to get ahead of the virus. The mayor did not declare the state of emergency to make anyone panic. Quite the opposite. She says this will help the city be prepared for what might be coming. Zero cases have been reported in San Francisco, three people have been treated in the city but they are from neighboring counties. There are more than 80,000 confirmed cases of the virus worldwide, more than 2700 people have died. Mayor breed said this Emergency Declaration mobilizes city reso
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Is doing as the head of that task force. However i have also been told that the president was a bit frustrated with the call that the cdc, the centers for Disease Control, had with reports yesterday in which they said the exposure or the risk for the coronavirus inside of the u. S. Is low, however, the chance for it spreading inside of the u. S. At some point down the line is likely. We are expecting the president here, to essentially address the American Public. The top Infectious Diseases doctor earlier today was asked what he thinks the president should say in light of all the messages that have been bouncing around and this was his response. Listen. At the present time things are under control here but realistically we need to be prepared for the possibility and maybe the likelihood we will see more cases here. The to the degree we can contain them women determine the impact on the country. Reporter liz, there is also a discrepancy on capitol hill the amount of funding needed to co