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But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced in December that it had approved a vaccine for the prevention of the Ebola virus.

And The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that drugmaker Moderna just shipped the first batch of its coronavirus vaccine to U.S. government researchers.

The president’s comments came as he and his administration have worked to ease the growing fears, from markets and governments alike, that a pandemic is on the way. After a spike in cases outside China over the weekend, stocks plunged Monday in the worst trading session in two years.

Elsewhere in the press conference, Trump downplayed the threat of the coronavirus to the U.S., saying, “We’re really down to probably 10” cases.

There are currently 53 confirmed U.S. cases of coronavirus. Most of those infected people are repatriated from Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus in China, or the Princess Cruise line.

Trump also took a shot at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who had criticized the Trump administration’s $2.5 billion coronavirus budget request as “too little too late.”

“If I gave more, he would say it should be less,” Trump said.