Five takeaways on White House coronavirus guidelines

The White House has unveiled guidelines that recommend a three-phase approach for states and counties to begin reopening their economies, allowing residents to gradually return to something resembling normal life amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The guidelines defer to states on reopening decisions and do not set a particular timeline for loosening coronavirus restrictions.

They call for states and counties to meet a series of criteria to being reopening, including seeing a downward trajectory of COVID-19 cases for 14 days and expanding testing for at-risk health care workers.