Trump: Corona emergency continues until summer
And Trump is that in the coming days Americans should avoid gatherings of more than a dozen people, and not go to bars, restaurants, dining halls, sports clubs, and crowds.
Trump said from the White House that the country faces an "invisible enemy" that is "very contagious."
The United States has so far recorded 4,100 HIV infections and 71 deaths.
There are more than 174,000 confirmed cases worldwide and more than 6,700 deaths, according to statistics from Johns Hopkins University.
Trump announced Monday as part of the new US team's guidelines:
All Americans are welcome to stay at home, in addition to the ability to work and study from home.
Optional travel, shopping trips and social visits should be avoided, and people should stay away from health care homes and aged care facilities.
• Anyone found to be HIV-positive should stay at home next to everyone who lives there.
"We have taken a decision to put more emphasis on measures and try to eliminate the infection immediately," Trump told reporters.
In response to a question about the possible deadline for the continuation of the state of emergency, he told reporters: "They think it will last until August or July, and it may be longer than that."
He said he was not thinking of a curfew at the national level or a general closure, and added, "Nevertheless: We may look at certain areas, certain hotspots as they call them."
Trump said the country could witness an economic recession, but after his press conference, stock market shares fell 12 percent, which is the worst daily loss since 1987.
He explained to reporters that he had not yet decided to close the border with Canada, but he said it was an order that the administration had taken into account.
The president also spoke about test matters, while the United States received criticism for being late behind smaller test countries to the United States.
Trump was criticized for initially reducing the seriousness of the epidemic, but he evaluated his management of the crisis as the best, and when he asked a reporter about his assessment of his administration's response to the crisis on a one-to-ten scale, Trump said: "Rate it ten. I think we did a good job."
Vice President Michael Pence, who leads the Corona Virus Action Team, told reporters that he has not yet been examined.
Pence said: "I regularly consult the White House doctor and he said that I had never had an HIV-positive person and my wife and I had no symptoms."
At least 40 states declared emergency due to the virus.
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, Ohio, California, Michigan, Massachusetts and Washington have closed or imposed bars and restaurants, and 29 states have declared schools closed.
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