As the U.S. leads the world in COVID-19 cases and deaths, aides are cautioning President Trump about too quickly lifting national social distancing guidelines.
Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, wouldn't endorse a specific date for the end of the countrywide guidelines, saying on NBC News'"Meet the Press":"I think we're looking at all these targets. If it can be May 1, that would be great for the American people."
Officials are exploring different ways to figure out what parts of the country might be equipped to open first and how to pinpoint where the risk of an emerging cluster might be, particularly in the absence of widespread testing for the virus itself or antibodies to it.Sunday evening, urging governors to perfect their testing abilities and to"be ready, big things are happening.
Explaining Trump's near-daily briefings now, surrounded by high-level officials, the former official said:"It's all about perception that government is in control and has a plan and that things are on the upswing."
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