Washington state health officials have confirmed that one person has died from the coronavirus, marking the first death from the disease in the U.S.
During a press conference, President Trump provided an update on the virus and confirmed that the victim was a King County woman in her late 50s with a high medical risk.
However, he assured the press that healthy Americans should be able to "fully recover", should they contract the virus.
This means the person did not contract the disease from travel or from a known patient.
Redfield also emphasized that the risk of other Americans contracting the virus is currently "low", and advised that citizens "go on with their normal lives."
Pence, who Trump placed in charge of coronavirus coordination, said Americans are discouraged from traveling to parts of Italy and South Korea. Additionally, the U.S. has banned all travel to Iran.
“We want to lower the amount of travel to and from the most impacted areas,” Alex Azar, the secretary of Health and Human Services, added. “This is a basic containment strategy.”
