Trump to Brief on Virus as Markets Ignore Plea to Shrug Off Fear
- Health experts say disease’s arrival in U.S. is inevitable
- Democratic candidates lash out at administration’s response
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President Donald Trump and federal health officials plan to brief the public Wednesday evening on efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, even as the White House continues to want global markets and the American public to believe that the disease poses little risk to the U.S.
“I will be having a News Conference at the White House, on this subject, today at 6:00 P.M.,” Trump tweeted Wednesday, adding that he’d be joined by representatives from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.