Jan 31. Trump Administration suspends entry into the US of people traveling from China

“We pretty much shut it down coming in from China.” Donald Trump, on Hannity. Feb. 2

Feb. 14. US confirms 14th case, Flawed testing kits sent to state labs by CDC.

“The coronavirus is very much under control in the USA.” Donald Trump, Feb 24

Feb 24. Number of US Covid cases reaches 53.

S&P falls 3.4%, worst single day fall in two years.

Feb 25. First case of community transmission of Covid19 confirmed

“Cryin’ Chuck Schumer is complaining for publicity purposes only that I should be asking for more money than $2.5 Billion dollars to prepare for coronavirus. Feb. 25 Donald Trump

“I don’t think it’s going to come down to that (closing the schools). Especially the fact that we (the number of cases) are gong down, not up… We’ve got it under control. I mean we’ve really done a very good job.” Donald Trump, Feb 26

Feb. 27 CDC confirms first US case of community transmission Number of known cases in US tops 100