Trump May Disband Coronavirus
Task Force This Month, Says Pence Vice President Pence made
the statement during the daily press
conference on Tuesday. According to Pence,
the work of the task force
will be shifted to other government
agencies, including FEMA. Trump announced the
task force on Jan. 29. He said his push
to close the task force has to do
with re-opening the country. Donald Trump,
via 'USA Today' Critics responded to the
news of dismantling the
White House coronavirus task force. Daniel Wessel, DNC
via 'USA Today' According to John Hopkins University,
more than 1,200,000 people in the
U.S. have contracted COVID-19. COVID-19 has caused more than
70,000 U.S. deaths in just over three months.