Trump administration’s coronavirus task force continues to relay some optimistic messages in its meetings—but Dr. Anthony Fauci tells ABC News those claims do not always match the reports he receives from the front lines of the crisis.
While cases are on the rise, more than a dozen states are reporting delays in testing.As the COVID-19 pandemic surges within the United States, the Trump administration’s task force leading federal efforts to slow the spread of the virus continues to relay some optimistic messages in its meetings.
Dr. Anthony Fauci listens during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House on March 27, 2020, in Washington. Those challenges were exacerbated by what Fauci admitted were early missteps on testing by the Centers for Disease Control, which developed tests that"didn't work" initially because – it turned out – their results were based on potentially contaminated samples. That forced the federal government to further rely private companies.
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci listens as President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus at the White House, March 24, 2020, in Washington.
It’s “a real serious problem,” he said. “They need to be concerned because even though they themselves may not get any serious outcome, they are part of the propagation of the pandemic.” The Chinese government even barred U.S. officials, Fauci said, from visiting the areas most impacted by the deadly virus.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Enrollment in Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine trial to complete by end of summer: FauciThe top U.S. infectious diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci said on Monday enrollment in Moderna Inc's late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial is expected to be finished by the end of summer this year. Data readouts from the trial, which enrolled the first of 30,000 trial participants on Monday, could occur by November or even earlier, Fauci said in a media call discussing the late-stage study.
Read more »
Sinclair Broadcasting says it won't air conspiracy theory segment claiming Fauci created COVID-19Judy Mikovits, maker of the widely debunked 'Plandemic' video said she believed Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious-disease expert, had manufactured the virus that causes COVID-19 and shipped it to China.
Read more »
Dr. Anthony Fauci first-pitch baseball card breaks Topps record for sales in just 24 hoursThe back of the card, which sold for $9.99, calls Fauci an 'ardent Washington Nationals fan' and that his pitch 'signaled the official start of the 2020 MLB season.'
Read more »
Sinclair drops segment featuring conspiracy theory about FauciThe Sinclair Broadcast Group said Monday it will not move forward with airing a segment featuring a conspiracy theory that suggested Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, was responsible for the creation of the coronavirus.
Read more »
Sinclair says it won't air Fauci conspiracy theory segmentThe Sinclair Broadcast Group says it will not show a segment on its “America This Week” program in which a conspiracy theorist speculates about Dr. Anthony Fauci and the coronavirus. Sinclair said it determined the interview was “not appropriate” to air.
Read more »
Dr. Anthony Fauci jokes about wild first pitch, assesses returns of MLB, NFL, NCAADr. Anthony Fauci likes MLB's protocols. But 'it's more complicated' for football.
Read more »