Coronavirus: four more deaths announced in US – as it happened
Six deaths now confirmed in America, as South Korea reports almost 500 new cases
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In the meantime, here’s a summary of the key points so far:
The republican broadcaster Scottie Nell Hughes told the BBC’s Emily Maitlis that president Trump “believes he is stepping up with leadership” by having appointed vice president Mike Pence as the person in charge of the outbreak, and his housing minister, Ben Carson, as one of the experts on his coronavirus task force.
“(President Trump) doesn’t want another see another Bush-Katrina situation happen to him.”
Republican broadcaster Scottie Nell Hughes tells @maitlis “he believes he is stepping up with leadership” over the coronavirus outbreak#Newsnight | @scottienhughes pic.twitter.com/VyJlKP1x3h
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