Watch: Coronavirus Task Force Briefs Amid Historic Job Loss
President Trump, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence, speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus at the White House Thursday.President Trump, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence, speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus at the White House Thursday.
All the same time, Trump and Pence didn't rule out the possibility that they might need to extend the federal guidelines for social distancing and other mitigation measures past their current expiration date on May 1.Thursday's briefing followed a report that some 4 million more people have filed for unemployment, according to statistics released by the Labor Department, bringing the approximate total of Americans out of work to around 26 million.
Authorities around the country felt forced to place sections of the economy in stasis in order to keep people apart to slow the explosive spread of the coronavirus.
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