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Pence is up now. He expresses condolences to the family of the “woman in Washington state who has lost her life to the coronavirus”.
Here’s Governor Inslee’s statement saying the person who died was a man:
BREAKING: First death from Coronavirus in Washington State – awaiting details on patient said to be from King County – @GovInslee statement @KIRORadio #973FM #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/TjlmhRIeBB
Trump says his administration has taken “the most aggressive action in modern history to confront this disease” and says moving quickly has put the US ahead of the game. China seems to be making tremendous progress, he says, and “their numbers are way down”.
Trump is repeating his “most aggressive” claim for the US response, in comparison to all other countries. On Monday, he says, he’ll be meeting pharmaceutical companies to discuss a developing a vaccine “very rapidly”.
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