The top U.S. 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.
FILE PHOTO: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci attends the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
“We have to have something in place that is efficient and that we can rely on, and we’re not there yet,” Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told The Associated Press in an interview. The May 1 date may be “a bit overly optimistic,” Fauci said. 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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