President Donald Trump has said that he would consider it a 'win' and a 'very good job' done if he can manage to keep the death toll from coronavirus to between 100,000 and 200,000, since estimates put it at more than 2 million if he did nothing.
With that, he has extended the social distancing guidelines until April 30.
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