White House on the virus
- Issues 15-dauy nationwide guidelines
- Says states with evidence of community transmission should close bars, restaurants, food courts, guys and other indoor and outdoor venues where people congregate
This sends a strong social distancing message but these are voluntary guidelines. States have constitutional powers regarding quarantines and public health.
Trump:
- With several weeks of coordinated action we can turn the corner
- Our government is prepared to do whatever it takes
- Worst of outbreak could be over by July or August or later
- Considering a national quarantine or curfew
- US "may be" heading into a recession, we're not thinking in terms of that
- The virus isn't under control anywhere
- I think you're going to see a tremendous surge in the economy
- We haven't really determined a national curfew but we have not decided to do it
- US will back the airlines 100%, we're going to be backstoppping them
US case nearly doubled today, according to the CDC.
This comment hit the market:
Question:
When will US coronavirus cases and deaths turn a corner?
Pres. Trump: ""People are talking about July, August, something like that... Someday soon, hopefully this will end."
