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US Health Officials: Shocking US Coronavirus Death Toll Just Ahead

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   U.S. officials warned Sunday of a difficult upcoming week as the nation
   deals with the toll of the coronavirus outbreak.

   "This is going to be the hardest and saddest week of most Americans'
   lives, quite frankly," U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams told "Fox News
   Sunday." "This is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment,
   only it's not going to be localized. It's going to be happening all
   over the country."

   President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters at an evening briefing,
   expressed some optimism, saying there is a "light at the end of the
   tunnel," while noting the difficult circumstances that lay ahead.

   "The next week and a half, two weeks are going to be, I think they're
   going to be very difficult," Trump said. "At the same time, we
   understand what they represent and what that time represents. And
   hopefully we can get this over with, because this is a very horrible
   thing for the world."

   Dr. AnthonyFauci,who heads theNational Institute of Allergy and
   Infectious Diseases, highlighted that stay-at-home orders and social
   distancing guidelines take time to show their effects.

   "What you're hearing about potential light at the end of the tunnel
   doesn't take away from the fact that tomorrow, the next day, are going
   to look really bad,"Faucisaid.

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