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President Donald Trump declares a national emergency to prop up funding for fighting virus outbreak.
According to Trump, the declaration allows him to invoke the Stafford Act, opening up $50 billion in federal aid to assist in the coronavirus outbreak.
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President Donald Trump is expected to declare a national state of emergency over the global coronavirus pandemic.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson will reportedly declare a state of emergency in response to coronavirus.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott says there are 39 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state.
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Alabama confirmed its first case of COVID-19 during a Friday news conference, WFSA reported.
“We have been expecting this for some time now,” Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris said. “We have been waiting to identify our case and finally found our first case this morning.”
Harris would only say the person with the virus had “chronic health problems,” declining to include other information for privacy reasons.
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President Trump to declare national state of emergency over coronavirus.
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Trump says CDC 'did nothing' about testing system to prepare for pandemic. In the early hours of Friday the 13th, President Donald Trump used his Twitter platform to express his disdain with Atlanta-based Center for Disease Control and Prevention's inefficient testing, which he seemed to blame for the state of the coronavirus pandemic.
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