Trump May Disband Coronavirus <br />Task Force This Month, Says Pence Vice President Pence made <br />the statement during the daily press <br />conference on Tuesday. According to Pence, <br />the work of the task force <br />will be shifted to other government <br />agencies, including FEMA. Trump announced the <br />task force on Jan. 29. He said his push <br />to close the task force has to do <br />with re-opening the country. Donald Trump, <br />via 'USA Today' Critics responded to the <br />news of dismantling the <br />White House coronavirus task force. Daniel Wessel, DNC <br />via 'USA Today' According to John Hopkins University, <br />more than 1,200,000 people in the <br />U.S. have contracted COVID-19. COVID-19 has caused more than <br />70,000 U.S. deaths in just over three months.
