Fauci says ‘we are not where we need to be’ after Biden declares ‘pandemic is over’ - The Hill

is not where it needs to be regarding the coronavirus pandemic, the day after an interview with President Biden was broadcast in which Biden said that the “pandemic is over.”.

In a talk with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Fauci, Biden’s top COVID-19 adviser who last month announced his pending retirement from the government, said that much depends on how the country handles future virus variants. .

In a “60 Minutes” interview that ran Sunday, Biden, who recently recovered from a COVID-19 breakthrough case, told CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley that the country seems to be in “good shape” to move past the pandemic phase. .

“The pandemic is over,” Biden said.