Coronavirus: Trump says US risk ‘very low’ as Australian PM warns pandemic is ‘upon us’

US president says cases could fall to zero in a ‘few days’ but Scott Morrison launches emergency plan to deal with threat of global outbreak

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Donald Trump has sought to play down the threat from coronavirus despite mounting concerns about unchecked worldwide contagion, as Australia’s prime minister launched an emergency plan and said that the risk of a pandemic was “very much upon us”.

In a press conference in Washington, the US president said the danger to Americans “remains very low” and predicted that the number of cases diagnosed in the country, currently on 15, could fall to zero in a “few days”.

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