(CNN) President Donald Trump rallied conservative activists Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference held near Washington after he held a briefing to announce additional efforts -- including travel restrictions -- to deal with the growing the coronavirus health crisis.

Trump offered the crowd a brief update on his administration's efforts concerning the coronavirus not long after he announced that the US would be tacking on additional travel restrictions on Iran due to the outbreak earlier in the day.

At CPAC, Trump offered additional assistance to the country.

"If we can help the Iranians -- we have the greatest health care professionals in the world and if we can help the Iranians with this problem we are certainly willing to do so," Trump said, adding that "all they have to do is ask."

The President also said Democrats are criticizing his administration's response to the coronavirus for political reasons.