Trump Is Pressed to Set National Strategy as Covid Deaths Mount

President Donald Trump is coming under increased pressure to impose national rules as the U.S., already with the world’s highest coronavirus death toll, struggles to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

The White House has largely avoided strict rules or a master plan, leaving many of the decisions to industry or state leaders. That approach is exacerbating shortages of protective equipment at hospitals and could complicate distribution of future vaccines, experts say.

“It would be much better if we acted as a country,” Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, said Wednesday. He recommends the White House mandate ...