WASHINGTON

The ongoing new coronavirus could last in the U.S. until the height of summer, President Donald Trump warned Monday while rolling out new, more stringent social distancing guidelines.

Should Americans adhere to the new measures, Trump told reporters at the White House, “It seems to me that if we do a really good job, we’ll not only hold the death down to a level that is much lower than the other way had we not done a good job, but people are talking about July, August, something like that.”

In addition to listening to state and local authorities as

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