Coronavirus: US 'must drop below 10k daily cases next month' - Daily Mail

Fauci, the leading infectious disease expert in the US, said on Monday that coronavirus cases needed to decline rapidly in order to gain some control of the pandemic by the end of the year. .

Dr Anthony Fauci, the leading infectious disease expert in the US, said on Monday that coronavirus cases needed to decline rapidly in order to gain some control of the pandemic by the end of the year.

Fauci said when cases initially declined, it came down to a baseline of about 20,000?

He said even 20,000 new cases each day was 'not a favorable baseline'.   .

His comments came as a former World Health Organization doctor who helped eradicated smallpox said the world would be fighting COVID-19 for at least the next four years as it moves from one hotspot to the next. 

Fauci said when cases initially declined in May after striking mostly in the Northeast, cases came down to a baseline of about 20,000 He said even 20,000 new cases each day was 'not a favorable baseline'

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