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Former Vice President Joe Biden’s plan to combat the Wuhan, China-originated coronavirus does not mention China or the city of Wuhan.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says President Trump’s travel ban on Europe will efficiently reduce the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Thursday advised people to embrace social distancing practices such as bowing “in an Eastern style” as opposed to shaking hands or bumping elbows.

President Trump says a domestic travel ban within the United States is “a possibility” to fight the spread of the coronavirus from Wuhan, China. 

New York Mayor Andrew Cuomo (D) on Thursday announced a ban on gatherings larger than 500 people as officials in New York State continue to implement measures to prepare for and combat the outbreak of the Chinese coronavirus.

“Notwithstanding the scheduled state work period, the Senate will be in session next week,” McConnell wrote on Twitter.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said on Thursday that lawmakers should consider a swath of measures, including “no strings” universal basic income (UBI) programs, as a response to the economic impacts of the Chinese coronavirus.

Democrat Rep. Donna Shalala (D-FL) briefly blasted “Fight Song” on her phone during her time to speak on H.R. 6201, the Democrats’ coronavirus economic relief proposal, at a House Rules Committee meeting on Wednesday night.

The experts are telling us an average of 3,060 America will die every day through the end of this year, and they are not saying this is a worst case scenario.

The Chinese Communist Party announced that the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak had begun to wane in its province of origin, Hubei, and planned to lift some lockdown restrictions on Wednesday, but backed down from that announcement nearly immediately.

Angela Merkel was accused of spreading panic after she claimed that up to 70% of German residents could become infected with the coronavirus.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told Jimmy Fallon during a Wednesday appearance on The Tonight Show that the coronavirus pandemic is proving to Americans that the United States needs a single-payer health care system.

President Trump offered a lifeline to the United Kingdom by exempting it from an anti-coronavirus ban on travel from Europe, but Boris Johnson’s government has thrown it back in his face, claiming the restrictions won’t work and complaining about their economic impact.

Doctors working in Italy’s overwhelmed hospitals say they have been forced to ration services for older, sicker patients in order to prioritize younger patients who are more likely to be saved from the coronavirus.

A top staffer in Joe Biden’s campaign took to Twitter on Wednesday to claim President Trump “decided” to let the coronavirus get “out of hand.”

President Trump issued a travel ban on the continent of Europe for at least 30 days while House and Senate Democrats push to dismantle his authority to enact such life-saving immigration restrictions.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Robert Redfield says the “real threat” to the United States today, in terms of stopping the spread of the coronavirus, is travel from Europe. as no new travel bans have been announced by the White House. 

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) confirmed its first case of Chinese coronavirus on Wednesday in a Congolese national recently returning to Kinshasa from France.

An Italian mayor has fallen under scrutiny for stating that patients who cannot be treated for the coronavirus “are left to die.” A doctor at a hospital in Italy’s northern region, however, has stated that “you probably don’t proceed” with patients “between 80 and 95” with serious breathing difficulties.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says the outbreak of the Wuhan, China-originated coronavirus would be “worse” if not for President Trump’s implementation of travel bans on China and Iran.

Chinese officials are increasingly denying the coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China, in what some experts say is an attempt to lay the groundwork to blame the outbreak on the United States.

Nearly every House Democrat is responding to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States by supporting a plan to effectively strip President Trump of his authority to impose travel bans to protect American citizens. 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered his country to “take the issue of coronavirus seriously” on Wednesday, striking a contrasting tone with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who last week described the Chinese viral outbreak as “not such a big tragedy.”

Democrats have upped their attacks on members of the GOP for using what they consider offensive and “bigoted” terminology to reference the novel coronavirus but have seemingly ignored the several occasions establishment media outlets have used the same phrases. 

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress on Wednesday that the White House is planning to delay the April 15 federal tax deadline.

China’s “cover-up” of the coronavirus cost the world community two months of time to respond, National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said.

“The Wuhan virus has turned up in Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam and the United States,” the Times reported.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Tuesday accused Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (D-CA) of sending a “bigoted” message on the coronavirus for noting its place of origin and demanded him to delete his message and “apologize immediately.”

The conservative South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo claimed on Wednesday that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un fled the nation’s capital, Pyongyang, fearing a potential infection of Chinese coronavirus.

The director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases said most people will not get seriously ill from coronavirus.

Multiple Arabic and Israeli news organization reported on Wednesday that the Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah has isolated its senior leaders after coming into contact with Iranian government officials carrying Chinese coronavirus.

German Bundeswehr three-star General Alfons Mais has placed himself into voluntary quarantine after coming into contact with another military official suspected of having coronavirus.

The leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage, lambasted Boris Johnson’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, accusing the prime minister of “following events rather than leading them”.

French culture minister Franck Riester has tested positive for coronavirus following five more confirmed cases among members of the French National Assembly.

Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced on Tuesday that he would cancel his annual New Year speech in the northern city of Mashhad to avoid exposure to Chinese coronavirus.

Amid the global outbreak of coronavirus, the open borders lobby has endorsed an effort to hugely increase the number of refugees arriving in the United States every year.