US health officials urge Americans to prepare for spread of coronavirus
The announcement signaled a change in tone for the Atlanta-based US health agency, which had largely been focused on efforts to stop the virus from entering the country and quarantining individuals traveling from China.
In a teleconference later on Tuesday, Dr. Anne Schuchat, the CDC’s principal deputy director, said that while the immediate risk in the United States was low, the current global situation suggested a pandemic was likely. “While the immediate risk to individual members of the American public remains low, there is now community transmission in a number of countries, including outside of Asia, which is deeply concerning,” Azar said, adding that recent outbreaks in Iran and Italy were particularly worrying.
Growing outbreaks in Iran, Italy and South Korea have raised concerns that corona virus will surface in other nations and worsen in those that have already reported infections, further denting a global economy that had already been hit by a dependence on China. US Senator Chuck Schumer, however, said Republican President Donald Trump and his administration had been caught”flat-footed” and lacked a comprehensive plan to deal with the coronavirus. He called for at least $3.1 billion in additional funding to fight it.
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