US coronavirus risk could ‘change quickly’: health secretary
HHS Secretary Alex Azar (R) speaks as US President Donald Trump (L) listens during a news conference on the COVID-19 outbreak at the White House on February 26, 2020. – US President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his administration’s response to the novel coronavirus, lashing the media for spreading panic as he conducts an evening news conference on the epidemic. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar warned the US public that while the novel coronavirus remains contained in the US for the time being, the situation could escalate.
“The degree of risk has the potential to change quickly, and we can expect to see more cases in the United States,” he told a briefing.