President Donald Trump stated Monday that the U.S. might be able to get the brand new coronavirus outbreak underneath management by July or August on the earliest.

Trump, talking to reporters within the White Home briefing room, additionally stated his administration might have a look at lockdowns for "sure areas" or "sizzling spots" within the nation. However the president stated he wasn't contemplating a full nationwide lockdown. "At this second, no, we're not," Trump stated.

The most recent every day briefing got here because the variety of infections and deaths from the COVID-19 virus continued to rise within the U.S., prompting drastic motion at each degree of presidency to attempt to mitigate its unfold.

Requested when the U.S. would possibly anticipate to show a nook in its efforts to rein within the virus, Trump stated that "If we do a very good job, we'll not solely maintain the loss of life right down to a degree that's a lot decrease than the opposite approach, had we not completed a very good job, however individuals are speaking about July, August, one thing like that."

Equities plunged as Trump spoke from the briefing room...