Trump says major worsening of US coronavirus 'not inevitable' In a rare press conference from the White House, Donald Trump says it is "not inevitable" that the novel coronavirus would continue to spread across the US, contradicting senior health officials in his own administration. The US President adds that the US is prepared to escalate its response to the novel coronavirus on a "much larger scale" and that it could consider travel restrictions on South Korea, Italy and other countries badly hit by the novel coronavirus "at the right time". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES