Trump Downplays Coronavirus Amidst Tanking Markets. New York reels with largest coronavirus outbreak
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Date: 2020-03-10

The experts have criticized the way President Trump, his team and top public health officials are communicating information to the public.Trump made inaccurate statements Friday about the availability of virus tests.
 U.S. President Donald Trump sought to play down the plunging price of oil and the global spread of the COVID-19  as markets plunged on Monday. Meanwhile his advisers presented him with a list of policy recommendations they hope will mitigate the economic fallout of the outbreak.
 On Twitter, Trump downplayed Americans' fears about the novel coronavirus Monday.  
 The president said the number of deaths in the United States from the new disease is a tiny fraction compared to the tens of thousands who succumb annually to seasonal influenza.
 The number of confirmed U.S. cases of coronavirus, is more than 600, at least 26 deaths. There are 140 cases in the state, and the executive director of the New York/New Jersey Port Authority has tested positive.
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