https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/29/trump-extends-virus-guidelines-braces-us-for-big-death-toll/

By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bracing the nation for a grim death toll, President Donald Trump on Sunday extended the voluntary national shutdown for a month, bowing to public-health experts who told him the coronavirus pandemic could claim over 100,000 lives in the U.S., perhaps significantly more, if not enough is done to fight it.