mo4ch:>Trump appoints VP Pence to lead coronavirus response, says US ‘totally prepared’ | Mo4ch News

US President Donald Trump brushed off concerns about COVID-19 coronavirus spreading in the US, saying the containment measures so far have been very effective but that his government is also fully prepared if they fail.Holding a press conference at the White House on Wednesday evening, shortly after returning from India, Trump told Americans not to panic and argued that the measures he ordered undertaken – including travel restrictions on China, where the virus originated – have successfully kept the US safe.He put Vice President Mike Pence in charge of coordinating the government’s response to the coronavirus, designated COVID-19 by the World Health Organization.“I don’t think it’s inevitable” that the virus will spread, the president told reporters. “Whatever happens, we’re totally prepared. We have the best people in the world.”Also on rt.com‘Just a question of when’: CDC warns Americans coronavirus may cause ‘SEVERE’ disruption of everyday lifeThe press conference followed the rem…