Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that the coronavirus has hit the U.S. 'very severely' and the country 'needs to get better control over things' in order to reopen the economy and head toward normality.
Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S.White House health advisory Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that the coronavirus has hit the U.S. "very severely" and the country "needs to get better control over things" to reopen the economy and head toward normalcy.
"We need to get better control over things. We need to open up the country because staying shut down has economic, employment, health and other negative consequences that are significant," he said.l 77,200 Covid-19 cases Thursday, a record-breaking daily increase that shattered its previous high by nearly 10,000 cases, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Many states across the U.S. have paused or rolled back their reopening plans to prevent further spread of Covid-19. Some of the country's largest school districts have already announced they won't immediately invite students back for in-person instruction in the fall as cases climb.
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