President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE is expected to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters on Friday, Politico first reported.

An administration official told CNN that officials had considered bringing Trump to the headquarters earlier in the coronavirus outbreak, but plans were never finalized.

It is unclear if Vice President Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceGOP short of votes on Trump's controversial Fed pick Pence seeks to boost Daines in critical Montana Senate race The Hill's Campaign Report: Trump's rally risk | Biden ramps up legal team | Biden hits Trump over climate policy MORE, whom Trump put in charge of the administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, will join the president on the trip.

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The Hill reached out to the White House for confirmation.

Trump will head to the CDC after he has butted heads with Nancy Messonnier, the director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

Messonnier had previously said a coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is inevitable.

"It's not so much of a question of if this will happen anymore but rather more of a question of exactly when this will happen," she said.

The president said Messonnier’s remarks caused unnecessary panic.

Trump will also visit the National Institutes of Health in Maryland on Tuesday, sources confirmed.

The first U.S. fatality from the novel coronavirus was confirmed this weekend after a man in Washington state died. Robert Redfield, the CDC director, said the deceased man caught the virus through community spread. There are 72 cases identified in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins University data.

--Brett Samuels contributed to this report, which was updated at 2:00 p.m.