WASHINGTON - In a town hall hosted by FOX News, President Donald Trump said that he "would love to have the country opened up and just rearing to go by Easter." "I think it's possible, why isn't it?" the president said. "In my opinion many people, more people are going to die if we allow this to continue," Trump said. "We have to get people back to work." "You can't compare this to 1918," the president also remarked, referring to the Spanish flu, a pandemic whose death toll was estimated to be in the millions.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided stringent guidelines on helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19, such as social distancing, frequent and vigorous handwashing, and practicing respiratory hygiene.