Coronavirus briefing over at the white house. So lets go to chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. And the virus is spreading, but the white house is continuing to downplay the outbreak. That is right, wolf. Mike pence is going to be out here shortly the give another briefing of the Coronavirus Response. As you know the president was visiting the cdc and talking to reporters about what is happening in that facility, and in the meantime, the white house under scrutiny for some of the assessments they have been offering for the administrations Coronavirus Response. The officials are saying that coronavirus has been contained when the data shows that it is not the case. Reporter with President Trump urging americans to remain calm and avoid panicking over the coronavirus. You have to be calm. It is going to go away. Reporter the Top White House officials are misleading the public about the true nature of the outbreak insisting that it has been contained when the data is showing that it is spreading causing more illnesses and more deaths. The officials offering the rosey assessments including kellyanne conway. It shows that even though we have had 14 deaths, it is contained because the president took action and a lot of you criticized him for that. Reporter and larry kudlow is not an infectious control expert. We dont know the magnitude of the virus, but so far, it is looking relatively contained. Reporter one big problem is that the Administration Officials have yet to understand the scope of the outbreak as the kits for the virus are still being distributed. I wanted to make it clear in terms of the tests, we have provided all of the tests to the state of washington and california that they have asked for and the production and the shipping of the tests that we have talked about this week is completely on schedule. Reporter a spokesman pointed to missteps at the centers for disease and control. It is unfortunately some missteps with the tests, and they had a problem, but they fixed the problem. Reporter and mike pompeo is saying that the u. S. Is far out weighing the rest of the world. I am confident that we will handle it better than any nation in the world. Reporter some are not buying that. Anybody who thinks s they ne a test should be able to go to doctor and get a test become tu Vice President is saying that we dont have enough Testing Capacity to address all of the tests that we need to take. Reporter there was confusion of whether the president would visit the cdc. At first he said that it is scrapped due to concerns that somebody at the cdc would have the coronavirus. They thought that there was a problem at cdc with somebody had the virus. It turned out negative. So we are seeing if we can do it. Reporter and then white house cleared the president to go. And the president is trying to find a Silver Lining in the crisis saying that maybe people are going to be spending their money in the u. S. And not traveling. People are now spending their money in the u. S. And not traveling and i like that. Reporter now for the officials at the top of the coronavirus outbreak being contained, one metric to keep an eye on, wolf, as the testing kits are contributed throughout the world, experts and people inside of the administrationses and officials inside of the administrationses are expecting the numbers of coronavirus to rise as people are actually getting to their medical providers and undergo to tests. So these assessments that this virus has been contained may not look so good next week as the data starts to come into the officials inside of the administrations, wolf. Jim acosta, we will get back to as we are standing by to hear from the Vice President and his task force, dr. Anthony fauchi and others who are ready to walk into the Briefing Room and then answer reporters questions. As we wait for that briefing, lets get the latest of the cruise ship held off of the coast of San Francisco while the passengers are being tested for coronavirus. Lucy kavanaugh is there in San Francisco. Lucy, about 3,500 passengers stuck on the ship. We are expecting some test results soon, is that right . That is right, wolf. They have collected samples from 45 people on board of that ship. We are expecting results sometime today and not clear when. Possibly later this evening. This is a nail biter for everyone on board. They have been confined to their rooms and not able to love and, wolf, they are not sure if they will be forced to undergo a quarantine if those test results come back positive. Reporter tonight, a race to trace the coronavirus infections. More than 3,500 passengers and crew stranded on the grand princess cruise ship ordered to stay in their rooms awaiting test results of 45 people who showed infeg shun. It is a Holding Pattern and the ship is safe and secure. Reporter this is after a man who traveled on the princess cruise ship died. And now two more people from that voyage are infected. Passengers currently on board are terrified. And we are afraid that all of us have been exposed and we are not sure how you can avoid it. Reporter that is a scary process. And they fear this is going to spread to every region of the country, but the risk of infection for people is still low. The risk of getting infected as the nation as a whole is low, but that is something that could change as we are seeing in seattle with the community spread. Reporter in washington with, ground zero of the outbreak, elbow bumps instead of handshakes n. Nearby kirkland, seven deaths at the nearby nursing home including pat herricks mother. My move loved to give roses to each person including the staff on mothers day, and she loved to make shure, make sure they got christmas gifts, too. She is demanding her mother be tested. She was not sick, and i was surprised. Reporter thousands of people in south florida in quarantined. And others traveling from advisory level two or three under a mandatory quarantine. In Washington State, a message from grieving families to the white house. It is too late for a number of families here, and for mike pence, there is a learning opportunity here. There is going to be more outbreaks like this in the country, and so if it continues to happen like this, it is going to be, you know, countless casualties. A lot of emotion there, and wolf, i got a text from one of the passengers aboard the grand princess cruise ship and she has been provided an activity kit for each cabin and they have been asked to supply their medications if they need refills which is a sign they may have to stay on that ship longer than they planned. Wolf. It is sad for the people who are stuck on the ship. Lucy kafanov, outside of San Francisco. Thank you. Now, bringing in our experts to discuss. Sanjay, what is going on right now . Two top doctors are advising people over 60 to make major, major changes right now in the day lily routines to avoid plan travel, movie theaters and crowded areas and would you sign off on that advice . It sounds like a lot. I looked at the cdc guy dance on the pa guidance on that page, and they are saying stay home much more than possible. So clearly, a virus that is circulating. It is not too different from the guidance in flu season which the elderly are at higher risk. So again, on the page, it is not quite so specific in terms of aiding the Airline Travel and movies and that, but it is staying home as much as possible, so keep in mind, wolf, i wanted to be clear, that this is the coronavirus that i am talking about now that in some ways and many ways is similarly transmitted as the flu through respiratory droplets so if someone coughs or sneezes the droplets are in the air for a matter of time and somebody can breathe in the droplets or touch a surface, but unlike the measles, like we talked about that outbreak, those can be spread throughout the air for hours. So that is a much bigger risk being out in public, so if i had the measles, and i infected this room, someone could come into room hours later and still get in infected, but this coronavirus does not spread that way. So it is basic precautions. What that really is, and talking about the people who are 60 years and old ser that er is th vulnerable population, and as a coronavirus, there are things that we dont know and a lot of information that we are still gathering. One thing that still holds true is that we have been able to identify the more vulnerable populations. The elderly and people with preexisting illness and in particular coronary disease, heart disease, diabetes, lung disease and hypertension. So that is, i think that is what the message is there, wolf. Important indeed. Dr. Jennifer neuzzo is joining and jennifer, it is not just people over 60 more endangered by the coronavirus virus, but people under 60 with Underlying Health conditions that could make them more vulnerable as well. That is millions of people. Yeah, i mean, so it is anybody with a Underlying Health conditions over the age of 60 and in particular the age that we are particularly worried about is over the age of 80 as well. In terms of the recommendations, yes, they are the kinds of the things that we would say in order if you are interested in reducing the potential exposure to the virus, maybe you will think of not going to as many crowded places or the places where you will encounter large numbers of people, because with every encounter, there is that possibility, and with that said, this is hard to think about for the long term, and that is how we have to think about it. It is not going to go away in a couple of weekser but it is going to be with us for a long time. And asking people to change their lives for a long time is difficult particularly when these places that they may go is the places of support and strength. Maybe a year or longer before there is a vaccine, right . Yes. We dont know for how long the virus is going to circulate and maybe it is going to decrease in the warmer months and not clear evidence that it happened, and if it did, it could come back, and the bottom line message is that we have to expect any of the measures would have to be maintained to avoid a overhaul. And stay tuned for mike pence and the task force who are going to have a briefing and make some statements. Dr. Anthony fauchi of the nih is going to be there as well. We will have much more live coverage of that coming up after this. My body is truly powerful. I have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. Because i can still make my own insulin. And trulicity activates my body to release it like its supposed to. Trulicity is for people with type 2 diabetes. 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Gloria, this is a huge, huge problem right now, and based on the international estimates right now, and globally, there have been confirmed 100,083, and 4,883 deaths, and this is a large problem and yet we are hearing the conflicting messages from the president and the political aides and some suggest something it is contained, and what do you make of the conflicting messages . Well, they have had a problem from the start to describe this. You have to walk a fine line that you dont want to panic the American Public, and yet, you have to tell them the truth, and when it is coming to issues like this which are complicated, and you have to explain to people not only what they should do but how the virus behaves, it becomes dif wult whificult whic the president of the United States in these situations is not generally the best spokesman. The best people to listen to are the Health Care Professionals and this is why mike pence now leading up this team with people like tony fauchi on this team, and those are the people that the American Public needs to hear from, because the messaging coming out of the white house etch rega even regarding that the president would go to the cdc is confusing. At first they said that the president didnt want to interfere with the business, but the president let the truth spill out when he said that they thought that maybe there was somebody who tested positive and then tested negative so i am going to go. So two different stories coming out of the white house and then in the end, the president decided to go. The public needs reassurance in the sense that they want to know that the people who are talking to them have credibility when it comes to explaining what they can do and how they can do it and not that they are worried about the stock market tanking or worried about their political future, but actually worried about the interests of the American Public and their families. That a very important point. Sanjay, the Vice President mike pence at least when he does not know the answer to a specific scientific or medical question, he defers to dr. Fauchi or some of the other experts who are there with him which is encouraging. Yeah, no doubt. I mean, we have certainly seen tharngs and i have spent a little bit of the time at the white house this week with the Vice President and with ambassador birx and you are absolutely right. You do have some of the most experienced people sort of in Public Health. Obviously everyone talks about dr. Fauchi, but there are many folks a member of the team that are advising the president and the Vice President and i noticed a distinct shift as well in that in terms of allowing the scienti scientists and the public s s k and provide the context, because many times it is yes no, black white, but there a nuance to these things, and that nuance is important. In some ways the nuance is everything when it comes to the Public Health issues to really explain it. Clearly, there are some talented people who are part of the administration who can do that. That is very important indeed. Dr. Nuzzo, the university of washington, Washington State, and Seattle University are now shutting down classes after a staffer came down with the coronavirus. We are talking about 46,000 students right now who wont have classes. What do you think about it . I think it is something that we will continue to see across the country as cases are discovered. It is not clear what the Public Health benefits of this are going to be, because we dont have a lot of data to know to what extent these things should be done or to what point or is that going to be invoked when it is too late and not the mention political pressures to close the schools. So when these decisions are made, they evaluate the potential repercussions of that. Millions of kids are not going to school in japan, and they have shut down preschool, and Elementary School and middle school and high schools for the month of march. Lets hope Something Like that doesnt happen here. Lets standby for the briefing. We will get the latest live coverage when we come back. These days you need faster internet that does all you expect and way more. Thats xfinity xfi. Get powerful wifi coverage that leaves no room behind with xfi pods. And now xfi advanced security is free with the xfi gateway, giving you an added layer of network protection, so every device thats connected is protected. 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