Pence: It’s OK for local schools to shut down over the coronavirus

Vice President Mike Pence stated the Trump administration will defer to local officers on their selections on the coronavirus.

“I feel the president would respect any selections which might be made on the state and local degree,” he stated in an interview airing Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Pence made it clear the administration is making an attempt to walk a advantageous line, by allowing local officers and businesses to cope with the coronavirus as they see match, but in addition encouraging everybody to not overreact.

“Those are selections that governors in consultation with local well being officers will make as they deem that crucial,” he stated in response to host Chuck Todd asking concerning the closing of faculties in some locales. “But aside from in areas where there are people which were contaminated with the coronavirus, individuals want to know that for the typical American, the danger does stay low.“

President Trump on Wednesday placed Pence in command of the nation‘s response to the coronavirus.

“It is a good time to make use of widespread sense this time of the yr, even when the coronavirus wasn't a actuality,” Pence advised Todd.

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Pence provided sympathies on the first recorded coronavirus demise in the USA, which occurred in Washington state.

“It's a tragic loss, and the man handed away. He was an individual we consider in his late 50s that, that additionally had some other high-risk elements, however it does not take away from the tragedy. The encouraging news is that, of the now 22 People, together with the person who sadly lost his life, nearly all of them are recovering properly,” he stated.

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