WASHINGTON - Dr. Anthony Fauci provided a solemn reminder on the need for Americans to consider their actions amid the COVID-19 pandemic during the first White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in nearly two months.At the start of the briefing, Vice President Mike Pence gave assurances that “this moment in the coronavirus pandemic is different than what we saw two months ago.” He said that among other things, the U.S.
has more supplies on hand now, with no requests from hard-hit states for equipment such as ventilators and protective gear.Meanwhile, the number of confirmed new infections in the U.S.
per day soared past the previous high of 36,400, set on April 24, during one of the deadliest stretches in the crisis so far,.