White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said the outbreak poses “low risk” now in the United States
White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien on Sunday sought to quell fears over the Wuhan coronavirus, saying the outbreak poses “low risk” now in the United States.
“Right now there's no reason for Americans to panic. This is something that is a low risk, we think in the U.S,” O’Brien said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”O’Brien is a member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force along with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and others, and the National Security Council is coordinating the administration's response., which has jolted financial markets and led to widespread airline cancellations.
So far, O’Brien said Beijing hasn't yet agreed to any U.S. help, although the reason remains unclear. “We continue to offer assistance to the Chinese. We have offered to send over CDC and other U.S. medical and public health officials," he explained. "We have not heard back yet from the Chinese on the offers but we're prepared to continue to cooperate with them.”CBS host Margaret Brennan pressed on whether O’Brien wants CDC officials on the ground in China because the U.S.
“I think we can be helpful if we’re on the ground," he added. "Right now, the Chinese are providing information to us, and we’re taking that for what it’s worth. But, at the same time, we're monitoring ourselves, and what we're especially doing is monitoring the situation in the United States to make sure Americans are continuing to be safe from the virus.”
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