Donald Trump speaks of post-coronavirus period

US President Donald Trump has begun to lay out a potential road map for the post-coronavirus return of professional sports.

Trump expects that whenever sports leagues do return, they'll have to do so in empty facilities, Report says citing The Score.

"Many of them are going to be starting without the fans, so it'll be made for television. The good old days, made for television. And it'll go that way, and then the fans will start coming in, maybe they'll be separated by two seats. And then ultimately, we want to have packed arenas," Trump said.

"When the virus is gone, we're going to have packed arenas, and we're going be back to enjoying sports the way they're supposed to be. So at a certain point in time, when the virus is gone, we're going to be back to normal," said the US President.

Many sports events across the world have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The US has confirmed 678,210 COVID-19 cases, and the highest number of deaths - 34, 641.