US president, Donald Trump, has insisted that his administration has a “perfectly co-ordinated and fine-tuned plan” to tackle the coronavirus.
The White House has faced criticism for its response to the outbreak and the government admitted on Thursday that it did not have enough testing kits at its disposal.
Mr Trump tweeted on Sunday: “We moved very early to close borders to certain areas, which was a Godsend. V.P is doing a great job.”
VicepPresident Mike Pence has been put in charge of the US response to the outbreak.
The president also took a swipe at the nation’s media for its coverage of his administration’s handling of the outbreak, tweeting: “The Fake News Media is doing everything possible to make us look bad. Sad!”
So far, 11 people in the US have died and there have been 164 cases across 19 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which based its latest figures on data collected by 16:00 ET on Friday.
Other local US news outlets have been reporting more cases which are not yet listed in the official figures.
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