A Republican senator who has repeatedly warned about China’s lack of transparency regarding the recent coronavirus outbreak said the U.S. government is unsure of how many people have contracted the disease stateside.

In an interview with Fox and Friends on Tuesday morning, Sen. Tom Cotton said he is optimistic about there being a vaccine within the next 12 months but noted that there could be “unknown cases” of the coronavirus in the United States.

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