WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The top US infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, said on Tuesday (April 14) that a May 1 target date for reopening the economy was 'a bit overly optimistic,' citing a lack of critical testing and tracing procedures.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The top US infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, said on Tuesday that a May 1 target date for reopening the economy was"a bit overly optimistic," citing a lack of critical testing and tracing procedures.
President Donald Trump's administration has recommended stay-at-home guidelines through April, and Trump himself has floated May 1 as a possible date to start reopening some areas.Fauci has said reopenings would have to be done in a rolling basis, from area to area, not all at once. Fauci, 79, who has become a trusted national figure during the coronavirus outbreak, also told the AP that the length of the daily White House coronavirus briefings was"really draining".
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