Coronavirus Task Force holds first briefing in nearly two months

Author: CBS News
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Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci, with (L-R) US Vice President Mike Pence, President Donald Trump and Response coordinator for White House Coronavirus Task Force Deborah Birx, speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 1, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force are holding a briefing Friday for the first time in nearly two months at 12:30 p.m.

Unlike past briefings, it will be held at the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington, D.C., not at the White House.

The briefing is expected to be led by Vice President Mike Pence. It is not on the president’s schedule.

The briefing is being held after the number of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40,000 on Friday — a resurgence that has led some governors to backtrack, or at least halt, their state’s plans for reopening.

You can watch the briefing live in the stream below:

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