Today's Headlines: Trump Extends Social Distancing Guidelines Through End of April

The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed.

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Top News Trump Extends Social Distancing Guidelines Through End of April By MICHAEL D. SHEAR The president, facing grim figures from his health advisers, starkly reversed an earlier upbeat assessment that the country could relax the guidelines by Easter. The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed. By NICHOLAS KULISH, SARAH KLIFF and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG As the coronavirus spreads, the collapse of the project helps explain America's acute shortage. Coronavirus Slowdown in Seattle Suggests Restrictions Are Working By MIKE BAKER Officials in Washington State worry that their gains are precarious, but they see evidence that containment strategies have lowered the rate of virus transmission. For more top news, go to NYTimes.com »

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Editors' Picks World China Created a Fail-Safe System to Track Contagions. It Failed. By STEVEN LEE MYERS After SARS, Chinese health officials built an infectious disease reporting system to evade political meddling. But when the coronavirus emerged, so did fears of upsetting Beijing. Opinion The Psychological Trauma That Awaits Our Doctors and Nurses By JENNIFER SENIOR Don't underestimate the moral anguish of deciding who gets a ventilator.

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