April 30th it is..

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HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Trump extends social distancing guidelines through April 30 to keep US coronavirus death toll below 100,000

PUBLISHED SUN, MAR 29 20206:14 PM EDTUPDATED 34 MIN AGO

 

Emma Newburger@EMMA_NEWBURGER

 

 

 

 

KEY POINTS

• President Donald Trump on Sunday extended the national social distancing guidelines to April 30, walking back his previous remarks that he wanted the country to reopen for business by Easter.
• “Nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory has been won,” Trump said at an evening press briefing after suggesting that the coronavirus death rate would likely peak in two weeks.
• Public health experts had warned that loosening restrictions by Easter, on April 12, would result in unnecessary death and economic damage.
• Trump said the administration is working to keep the projected death toll below 100,000.   

 

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 29, 2020.

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President Donald Trump on Sunday extended the national social distancing guidelines to April 30 in effort to keep the projected coronavirus death toll in the U.S. from reaching a catastrophic, worst-case scenario. 

 

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