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Trump tweeted Monday that the U.S. economy would weather the "Chinese virus," prompting anger in Beijing.

A swing state in the general election worth 29 electoral votes, Florida has helped to determine past presidential winners.

Air Force Brigadier General Paul Friedrichs told reporters the Pentagon was trying to avoid "over-promising" regarding what assistance it can offer.

"I don't agree with everything 100 percent. But you know what, we need to do something right away," Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of leadership, told Newsweek. "We know that we're going to have people out of work, and we need to make sure that they're getting relief."

"We need to get a handle on the spread otherwise we're going to be in the same situation as Italy, and that's not so far off," Dr. Nicole Saphier cautioned.

The conservative commentator told Fox Business Trump was "born for this moment" because he doesn't fit either the conservative or liberal ideology of past presidents.

"I don't know where the federal government was. We should have been doing this, you know, eight weeks ago," Ned Lamont said.

"We shouldn't be imposing a big, new federal mandate on businesses that are struggling to stay alive in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak," GOP Senator Lamar Alexander said last week.

More than 4-in-10 Americans say they are more likely to support a universal health care proposal in the wake of coronavirus spread.

"We look like we got caught by surprise and we're always playing catch-up," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said.

Andrew Yang received the second highest level of support from respondents.

The former president also praised medical staff and "everyone keeping our communities going" as the pandemic spreads.