Officials on the White House coronavirus task force indicated during a White House briefing on Tuesday with the President that they hope to "flatten the curve" of US diagnoses of coronavirus through self-imposed quarantine and isolation recommendations. They were also focused on other measures to alleviate the economic and infrastructural impact of its spread.

Trump said Tuesday that the federal government is beginning a process to assist New York state in expanding its hospital bed capacity, after Gov. Andrew Cuomo requested that the Army Corps of Engineers build temporary medical facilities.

"Yes, we're starting to (work to increase capacity). We're starting the process ... We hope it's not going to be necessary, but it could be necessary," Trump said.

"The state is working on it very hard themselves, but we'll probably supplement what they're doing," he added.

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