Obama declared swine flu a “public health emergency” in April 2009, the first month it was discovered. https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/sean-hannity-right-wing-media-lie-about-obamas-2009-h1n1-response
Right-wingers are complaining that Obama didn’t declare a “national emergency” until 4.5 months later. But Trump hasn’t yet declared one regarding the coronavirus, either! Although some cities and states are beginning to now.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2020-03-02/washington-florida-governors-declare-state-of-emergency-for-coronavirus%3fcontext=amp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/02/26/health/san-francisco-coronavirus-emergency-declaration/index.html
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-04/los-angeles-county-declares-coronavirus-emergency-6-new-cases%3f_amp=true