Donald Trump has extended social distancing guidelines in the US until the end of April after an adviser warned that the number of coronavirus deaths in the country could climb as high as 200,000.
The US president had previously said he wanted to relax restrictions on movement by Easter, but was forced to abandon that ambition after his administration’s projections showed the death toll would not peak until then.
“There would be nothing worse than declaring victory before the victory is won,” Mr Trump said on Sunday. “It is very important that everyone strongly follows these guidelines. The better we do, the sooner this whole nightmare will end.”