New Zeland, which was very quick with its coronavirus response, is now on the verge of returning to normal with no new cases of COVID-19 in 17 consecutive days.

The US, on the other hand, is nearing two million infections and more than 110,00 death linked to coronavirus.

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have now proposed a delay of to social distancing of just one day can extend the pandemic by 2.4 days.