CORONAVIRUS: U.S. President Donald Trump announced a national state of emergency, Friday, March 13, freeing up $50 billion in federal funds for the battle against the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic.
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READ MORE: "We will overcome the threat of the virus,” the president said Friday afternoon in a nationally-televised news conference from the White House Rose Garden.

Trump, who has declared five previous national emergencies, had come under increasing pressure, especially from opposition Democrats, to take the action as governors and mayors across the United States declared states of emergency, ordering the cancellation of public gatherings and the closure of schools.

The presidential declaration will make available tens of billions of dollars from the Disaster Relief Fund. It allows a state to request the federal government pay for 75% of costs for emergency workers, medical supplies and tests for COVID-19, which some epidemiologists warn could soon overwhelm the country’s health care system.

"States are to set up emergency operation centers immediately, and all hospitals are to activate their emergency operation plans,” said Trump.
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