“You’re going to call your own shots,” Mr. Trump told the governors, according to an audio recording obtained by The Associated Press. Mr. Trump briefed the nation’s governors on the plan Thursday afternoon, saying they were going to be responsible for deciding when it is safe to lift restrictions in their States. Governors, for their part, have been moving ahead with their own plans for how to safely revive normal activity. Mr. Trump held conference calls earlier Thursday with lawmakers he named to a new congressional advisory task force on reviving the economy. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican close to Trump, said the lack of widespread testing was an impediment to lifting the social distancing guidelines.

Source: The Hindu April 16, 2020 22:45 UTC