Trump says he wants to lift coronavirus lockdown by Easter because it's a 'beautiful time.' Dr. Fauci says the deadline needs to be 'flexible.'

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• President Donald Trump has been touting an Easter deadline to lift coronavirus-related restrictions around the country. 
• During a White House press briefing on Tuesday night, Trump said that he hoped to see people back at work by the holiday, which falls on Sunday, April 12. 
• "I just thought it was a beautiful time ... a beautiful timeline. It's a beautiful day," Trump said of why he suggested lifting restrictions by Easter. 
• But experts, including members of Trump's own coronavirus task force, have suggested that a broad lockdown may still require several weeks. 
• Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke soon after Trump at the briefing, stressing that the timeline was "really very flexible." 
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President Donald Trump is pushing to lift coronavirus-related restrictions around the country by Easter, reasoning that the holiday "is a beautiful day." 

Trump first touted the tentative deadline earlier on Tuesday during a Fox News town hall event. Easter falls on Sunday, April 12 this year. 

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