Administration Adds New Members to Coronavirus Task Force
By Townhall. The White House announced Monday afternoon two new members have been added to the coronavirus task force being overseen by Vice President Mike Pence.
“Today, Vice President Mike Pence and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced the addition of the following individuals to the President’s Coronavirus Task Force: Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,” the White House released in a statement.
Secretary Wilkie oversees the Veterans Affairs healthcare system, which treats nearly 10 million veterans every day in thousands of facilities across the country. According to the U.S. Census, more than 100 million people are enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid, headed by Administrator Verma. (Read more from “Administration Adds New Members to Coronavirus Task Force” HERE)
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Trump Says It’s Safe to Hold Rallies Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
By The Hill. President Trump said Monday that he believed it was safe to continue holding campaign rallies across the country during the coronavirus outbreak.
“I think it’s very safe,” Trump told reporters when asked whether he believed holding rallies was safe during an Oval Office meeting with Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez on Monday morning.
Trump, who is scheduled to headline a rally in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday evening, also told reporters they should ask the same question of Democrats running for president.
“Well this was set up a long time ago and others are,” Trump said, referring to the North Carolina rally. “You could ask that to the Democrats because they’re having a lot of rallies.”
The coronavirus outbreak has led a number of countries in Europe and Asia to take measures to mitigate the spread; Switzerland, for instance, has banned events of over 1,000 and Japan has implemented a country-wide school closure. (Read more from “Trump Says It’s Safe to Hold Rallies Amid Coronavirus Outbreak” HERE)
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