US could see 100,000 new coronavirus cases a day: Fauci
Source: MedicalXpress
A top US health expert warned Congress on Tuesday that new coronavirus cases could more than double to 100,000 per day if authorities and the public fail to take steps to suppress the pandemic.
Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, a leading member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, said the United States was headed in the “Wrong direction” on the pandemic and demanded that Americans wear masks and avoid crowds after lax behavior propelled new outbreaks.
Alarming spikes in new cases in southern hotspots Texas and Florida are driving the daily national total of new cases to over 40,000 per day, and they need to be tamped down quickly to avoid dangerous surges elsewhere in the country, Fauci stressed.
Trump, who refuses to wear a mask at public events and in the past has mocked his rivals for wearing them, has signaled he wants to move on from the coronavirus crisis and focus on his re-election campaign.
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