Vice President Mike Pence is heading to Arizona, Texas and Florida in the coming days, as those states see alarming spikes in coronavirus cases, but after a meeting of the Coronavirus Task Force on Friday, he also sought to tamp down concerns over the increased numbers.The Pence-led Coronavirus Task Force held its first public briefing in nearly two months Friday—a move that Pence said was at President Donald Trump’s direction because of the growing coronavirus concerns that have prompted some states to reimplement some restrictions on businesses.”As we see new cases rising, there may be a tendency among the American people to think we are back to the place we were two months ago, that we’re in a time of great losses and great hardship on the American people. The reality is we’re in a much better place,” Pence told reporters. “We’re reminded as we see cases rising across the South that we still have work to do.”Get your unlimited Newsweek trial >Trump abruptly canceled plans to travel to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey on Friday, as governors in Texas and Florida announced they were responding to post-reopening coronavirus surges.The nation passed 2.5 million confirmed coronavirus cases this… Read full this story
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