Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged lawmakers and the public to remain calm amid the spread of the deadly coronavirus, arguing the risk of transmission is low and that the United States is prepared to treat it.

“This is not a time for fear,” McConnell said in a floor speech after arriving at the Capitol on Monday. “It is a time to continue calmly scaling up the serious and smart preparations that have already been underway so the United States can continue working to blunt, slow, and mitigate the spread within our borders.”