VIDEO: White House Raises Concerns About Spread of Coronavirus in RI
Thursday, April 16, 2020
At Wednesday's White House press conference of the nation's coronavirus task force, Coronavirus task force member Dr. Deborah Birx flagged Rhode Island as a potential national concern.
"I do want to highlight -- and we are remaining concerned -- and we've been having discussions with Rhode Island and Providence, [who] are in a unique situation. First, they had increasing cases from the New York City area and now they have new increases in cases from the Boston area. They are caught between two incredible hotspots," said Birx during the press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST"They're doing an extraordinary job -- they're caring for the individuals in the front lines but Providence continues to have new cases and we do continue to work with specific states that have specific outbreaks related to individual occurrences," said Birx.
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