BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump declares a national emergency on coronavirus to access $50 billion of funds to fight the virus and orders every state to set up emergency operations centers - and says he DOESN'T want everyone taking tests
* President holds White House Rose Garden press conference
* Press conference came as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive Friday for coronavirus, according to local reports, but then his son said a second test was negative
* Trump shook hands with Bolsonaro last week at an event at Mar-a-Lago which has sparked fears of his exposure to the virus
* Trump has not addressed if he has been tested but the White House earlier said he had not
* The White House also said the first family will not go into quarantine despite their closeness to several confirmed cases of the virus in the past week
* Ivanka Trump stayed home from White House on Friday after meeting on March 5 with an Australian official who later tested positive for coronavirus
* States of emergency have been declared in New York City and in various other cities around the country
* There is continued criticism of how slow the government has been to respond to the virus with testing
* As of Friday afternoon, 1,800 people in the US had tested positive for coronavirus and 42 had died
Donald Trump declared a national emergency on coronavirus at a hastily-organized press conference in the White House Rose Garden - allowing him to access $50 billion in emergency funds.
'The action I am taking will open up access to up to $50 billion of very important and a large amount of money for states and territories, localities in our shared fight against this disease. Furtherance of the order, I'm asking every state to set up emergency operations centers immediately,' he said.
But he opened the press conference by repeating claims which have repeatedly come under fire that the federal response has been a success.
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Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In The U.S. -- News Updates March 13, 2020
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