The outbreak has spread to around 36 states, as the World Health Organization (WHO) declares the virus a pandemic.
"In the United States, we continue to have new cases....and tomorrow, there'll be several more...the infections will come...Sorry to say, sad to say they will," he added.
"We're absolutely determined to give every American the tools and the information that they need to protect themselves, their families, their workplace, their schools," he said.But New York Governor Andrew Cuomo critiqued the country's low rate of virus testing on the"When they do the retrospective on this one, they are going to say, 'Why did it take the United States so long to bring up the testing capacity?'" he said.
New Jersey declared a state of emergency this week and currently has 15 presumptive positive cases, which are cases that have had positive results in a public lab but awaiting confirmation from testing by the CDC. Four other cases were confirmed in South Dakota on Tuesday across the state, including the counties of Beadle, Charles Mix, Davison, and Minnehaha. The cases were reported to be both male and female patients in their 30s, 40s and 50s. They are being treated in their homes, according to AP.More fatalities in California and Washington state
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