US President Donald Trump announced to extend the stay-at-home guidelines until the end of April, abandoning the target to have American return to normal life from coronavirus pandemic by Easter. He also warned, “the peak, the highest point of death rate, is likely to hit in two weeks.” He hoped the country would reach “the bottom of the hill” by June 1 — “could even be sooner, could be a little bit later.”
Separately, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci warned that coronavirus deaths in the US could reach 100,000 to 200,000. Nevertheless, “we feel the mitigation we are doing right now is having an effect,” Fauci said. “The decision to extend this mitigation process until the end of April is a wise and prudent decision.”
