As Covid-19 continues to spread across the United States, President DONALD TRUMP has given governors guidance on reopening state economies in the coming months.

He promised governors they would be handling the process themselves, with help from the federal government.

In his daily briefing, President TRUMP declared "the next front in the war against corona virus is opening up America again".

He said that a prolonged lockdown risked inflicting a serious toll on public health and warned of a "sharp rise" in drug abuse, alcohol abuse, heart disease, and other "physical and mental" problems.

Trump told newsmen that healthy citizens would be able to return to work "as conditions allow".