Vice President Pence assures coronavirus infection 'risk to Americans is low'

Vice President Pence, flanked by fellow members of the White House’s coronavirus task force, assured Americans Monday that “the risk is still low” for being infected with coronavirus.

He said treatments were being developed as well as a vaccine by “the finest minds” in the pharmaceutical and biomedical fields, and that therapeutics could be available later in the summer or early fall. While testing for a vaccine could begin as soon as six weeks from now, that would not be ready before next year, he added.

Pence also introduced Dr. Deborah Birx, the new coronavirus response coordinator for the White House, who “will be my right arm” in helping coordinate interagency efforts. She is also the State Department’s global AIDS director and holds the rank of ambassador.

The Trump administration earlier in the day had added Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to the task force as well.

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Hey Mikey, six people in my state have died from this.