Less than an hour ago, they delivered on that promise issuing the following news release:
The McDonald County Health Department announces 196 new cases this brings our current total to 434.
We will be reporting a final County (sic) this evening. We are still working on some new cases and identifying what county they reside in.
Please be advised we do not recommend any gatherings. Also please continue to wear masks in public and practice social distancing.
President Trump to CNBC on Jan 22, 2020 about COVID-19: KERNAN: ..."--are there worries about a pandemic at this point?
ReplyDeletePRESIDENT TRUMP: No. Not at all. And-- we’re-- we have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s—going to be just fine.
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CNBC TRANSCRIPT: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SITS DOWN WITH CNBC’S JOE KERNEN AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND
Published Wed, Jan 22 20205:10 AM EST
When: Today, Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Where: CNBC’s “Squawk Box”
Following is the unofficial transcript of a CNBC interview with President Donald Trump and CNBC’s Joe Kernen that aired on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” today, January 22nd. Following is a link to the full video on CNBC.com: https://cnbc.com/video/2020/01/22/watch-the-full-cnbc-interview-with-us-president-donald-trump-from-davos.html.
JOE KERNEN: Good morning, Mr. President.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Morning.
JOE KERNEN: It’s great to see you. Thank you for joining us, again, in Davos. We’ve done this before.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: That’s right.
JOE KERNEN: It was a couple of years ago. Before we get started-- with- we’re going talk about the economy and a lot of other things--the CDC-- has identified a case of coronavirus-- in Washington state. The Wuhan strain of this. If you remember SARS, that affected GDP. Travel-related effects. Do you-- have you been briefed by the CDC? And--
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I have, and--
JOE KERNEN: --are there worries about a pandemic at this point?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: No. Not at all. And-- we’re-- we have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s—going to be just fine.
JOE KERNEN: Okay. And President Xi-- there’s just some-- talk in China that maybe the transparency isn’t everything that it’s going to be. Do you trust that we’re going to know everything we need to know from China?
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I do. I do. I have a great relationship with President Xi. We just signed probably the biggest deal ever made. It certainly has the potential to be the biggest deal ever made. And-- it was a very interesting period of time time.
JOE KERNEN: Yeah. Let’s get into that--
PRESIDENT TRUMP: But we got it done, and-- no, I do. I think-- the relationship is very, very good.