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In the United States, there are now over 180,000 corona19 patients. The number of deaths exceeded 3,700, which is more than China. President Trump urged us to observe social distance, saying that two very painful weeks are coming.

Correspondent Correspondent Yunsu Kim in Washington.

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President Trump said it would be the hardest in the next two weeks.

[Trump / President of the United States: May all Americans prepare for the painful times to come. We're going to have a very difficult two weeks.]

However, it was expected that the results will vary greatly depending on how you respond in the next month.

The Corona 19 response team at the White House analyzed that if the social distance was observed, 100,000 to 240,000 people were expected to die, otherwise 1.5 million to up to 2.2 million people could die.

He said the death toll could be reduced to less than 100,000 if large-scale infections do not occur in other big cities like New York.

The effectiveness of social distances began to appear faintly, the US health authorities explained.

It was also predicted that New York State, which had the worst situation, would soon reach its peak.

[Andrew Cuomo / Governor of New York: It is expected that the peak of New York State will be between 7 and 21 days ahead.]

New York Governor Cuomo explained, however, that even if it peaks, it will take a considerable amount of time to descend as it climbs steeply.

The US health authorities predicted that secondary infections are likely to occur, but that the situation will not be as bad as the development of therapeutics and vaccines.