THE US-Mexico border will be closed off to all non-essential travel, President Donald Trump said.
Trump told Sen. Charles Schumer during a Friday morning phone call he plans use emergency war powers to ramp up production of medical supplies to fight the pandemic.
President Trump will invoke the Defense Production Act to slow the spread of the coronavirus
“Millions” of masks will be shipped to states directly, the president said
“Millions of masks” and ventilators have been ordered to alleviate the supply shortage, Trump said at a White House coronavirus task force briefing on Friday.
The masks will be shipped directly to states, he said.
Vice President Mike Pence added that the administration is also working to have ventilators around the country retrofitted to keep up with care as the infections rage on.
All federally-held student loan payments will be suspended without penalty for the next 60 days, Trump said.
He praised the bipartisan action between the White House and Congress, praising “a week of resolute action” between lawmakers “he thought would never get along”.
The US and Mexico have agreed to suspend non-essential travel across borders
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