30 Mar 2020

Trump extends social distancing guidelines amid warnings of up to 200,000 deaths

Washington Correspondent

President Trump has extended US social distancing guidelines for the hole of April – citing warnings from public health officials that up to 200,000 Americans could die.

President Trump has extended US social distancing guidelines for the hole of April – citing warnings from public health officials that up to 200,000 Americans could die. Mr Trump, who had spoken about getting the country back to work by Easter, said this morning that “the worst that could happen is you do it too early and all of a sudden it comes back”.