#HappeningNow: White House Coronavirus Task Force provides an update on their ongoing response. (Thread)

#DEVELOPING: Treasury Sec. Steve Mnuchin says they're working on a quick system to get relief checks to American tax payers who don't have direct deposit, and they're hoping for payments to take weeks not months to be distributed. (Thread)

(Direct deposit expected by mid-April)

#DEVELOPING: Treasury Sec. Steve Mnuchin says he's raising interest rates for small businesses to 1% from 0.5% in response to complaints from community banks. (Thread)

#DEVELOPING: Vice President Mike Pence says military medical personnel will be tasked with helping manage the influx of coronavirus patients at convention centers in New York City, New Orleans, and Dallas. (Thread)

#DEVELOPING: Rear Admiral John Polowczyk, who is tasked with addressing flaws in the U.S. supply chain amid the COVID-19 outbreak, says the administration is working to acquire 100,000 ventilators by the end of June. (Thread)

#DEVELOPING: President Trump says the CDC will soon issue new national guidance regarding the use of face masks. (Thread)

#DEVELOPING: Dr. Deborah Birx says the most important thing people can do to avoid contracting the coronavirus is social distancing and hand-washing.

Birx warns against an 'artificial sense' of security by those wearing face masks. (Thread)