Several of the Democratic candidates sharply criticised US President Donald Trump for his Administration's response to the coronavirus crisis.
Senator Amy Klobuchar said that if she were president, she would address the nation, maintain better relations with US allies, invest more heavily in education and better coordinate the response throughout her administration.
"I'm not going to give my website right now. I'm going to give the CDC's website, which is cdc.gov," she said.
Former Vice-President Joe Biden pointed to the Obama Administration's efforts handling of the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and its efforts to increase the CDC budget.
And Senator Bernie Sanders took aim at Trump's recent prediction that the coronavirus will disappear within the next two months, noting sarcastically that "April is the magical date that this great scientist we have in the White House" says will bring about the virus' end.