Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and top White House economist Larry Kudlow have been added to the Trump administration's coronavirus task force, Vice President Mike Pence's office announced Thursday. Pence was appointed on Wednesday by President Donald Trump to lead the administration's response to the virus, and the addition of the economic policymakers comes as the S&P 500 index SPX, -1.79% flirted with a correction on Thursday. Dr. Jerome Adams, the U.S. surgeon general, also joined the task force, Pence and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement. Pence spoke to a conservative political conference on Thursday and called the risk to Americans from the virus low but emphasized the administration is "ready for anything."