The acting White House chief of staff says US media is stoking a coronavirus panic because they hope it will take down President Donald Trump.
"The reason they are paying so much attention to it today is that they think this is going to bring down the president," Mick Mulvaney said.
Speaking to a group of conservatives on Friday, he added people should ignore the media in order to calm the markets.
Global markets have continued to fall as the virus infects over 50 countries.
There have been 82,000 reported cases of Covid-19 worldwide and 2,800 deaths since the disease emerged late last year. All but 3,664 cases and 57 of the deaths have been reported in China.
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