Coronavirus updates: California monitoring 8,400 people, stocks continue free fall

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state is currently monitoring 8,400 people for COVID-19, a day after health officials confirmed the first apparent community transmission of the coronavirus in a Solano County resident. “This is a fluid situation right now and I want to emphaize the risk to the American public remains low,” said Dr. Sonia Y. Angell, California Department of Public Health Director and State Health Officer during a press conference. “There have been a limited number of confirmed cases to date.” —Lovelace

Many more updates at the link: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/27/coronavirus-latest-updates-outbreak.html

 

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Mick Mulvaney Calls The Coronavirus A Hoax To Bring Down Trump

Trump’s chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, compared the coronavirus to a hoax and claimed that the media was using panic to bring down Trump.

Mulvaney said at CPAC, “The press was covering their hoax of the day because they thought it would bring down the president. The reason you’re seeing so much attention to it today is that they think this is going to bring down the president. That’s what this is all about.”

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