Trump: ‘We Will Vanquish This Virus and a Lot of Progress Has Been Made’

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TRUMP: “I told you yesterday, eight days here, because you heard so much about South Korea, the media kept talking South Korea, South Korea. We have a great relationship with President Moon of South Korea. But when I hear so much about South Korea, so in 8 days, in 8 days, we do more testing than they did in eight weeks. It’s a very highly sophisticated test. We’ll be able to deploy even more data-driven and targeted approaches to slow the ultimately, you know, it’s a very devastating thing, but, we will vanquish this virus and a lot of progress has been made. That’s why earlier today I sent a letter to America’s governors describing how we will be using the data to update existing guidance on social distancing, which will be developed in close coordination with our nation’s public health officials and scientists."