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gb2626-2006, Anybody who wants a test can get a test, Trump said. They have the tests and the tests are beautiful, Trump said, again urging calm. Trump then called the tests perfect and compared them to his phone call with the president of Ukraine to ask for investigations into the Bidens that got him impeached by Democrats. Trump repeatedly defended the July 25 transcript as perfect. This was not as perfect as that [call], but pretty good, Trump told reporters inside a lab. TRUMP VISIT TO CDC IS BACK ON AFTER CORONAVIRUS SCARE AT AGENCY
gb2626-2006 - Trump arrived at the CDC at 4:25 p.m. to meet with the doctors and scientists on the frontlines of the outbreak, after the White House temporarily scrapped the trip over concerns a CDC employee had contracted the COVID-19 virus. Steve Monroe, CDC associate director for laboratory science and safety, talked of the rapid test development and admitted initial setbacks. CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield chalked up the early issues of the testing roll out to quality control.
gb2626-2006, The White House had canceled the trip to Atlanta earlier out of an abundance of caution because a CDC staff member was suspected to have contracted the coronavirus and officials did not think the test results would be returned in time before the president's trip Friday, press secretary Stephanie Grisham told reporters Friday aboard Air Force One. We were informed that there may have been a person with the virus and they now find out that that was a negative test, Trump said earlier, telegraphing the Secret Service was working to resume the trip. They've tested the person very fully and it was a negative test.
gb2626-2006 - TRUMP SIGNS $8.3B CORONAVIRUS SPENDING BILL The on-again, off-again nature of the trip epitomized the heightened precautions Americans are taking -- from companies and schools to lawmakers and the White House -- on how best to safeguard against the spreading virus. The White House initially gave a different reason for the CDC trip being erased from his schedule, saying Trump didn't want to interfere with the important work at the epicenter of the U.S. response. The president is no longer traveling to Atlanta today, a White House official said Friday morning. The CDC has been proactive and prepared since the very beginning and the president does not want to interfere with the CDC’s mission to protect the health and welfare of their people and the agency.
gb2626-2006 - But later Friday, at the signing of a $8.3 billion coronavirus spending bill, Trump said the reason the trip had been in jeopardy was because of the suspected new case at the center, but a test cleared the staffer. They had one person who was potentially infected, Trump said. Money is on the way to combat the new virus. The bipartisan $8.3 billion spending bill passed the House and Senate with near-unanimous support to tackle the coronavirus outbreak that has killed nearly 3,400 people worldwide, mostly in China.