Up to 70,000 Americans may be confirmed as being infected by with coronavirus by the end of next week according to the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins. 'We will probably see four, five times that number of cases a week or 10 days from now,' he said, reports ABC News. Collins agree that 'social distancing' is necessary to halting the spread of the deadly disease but explained that he didn't like the phrase overall. Collins, pictured, agreed that 'social distancing' was necessary to slow the spread of the virus but explained that he didn't like the phrase overall'I really don't like the 'social distancing' term,' he said. 'The greatest concern we should all have is for those most vulnerable, who if they get infected could be in real trouble,' he said.

Source: Daily Mail March 21, 2020 03:13 UTC