The US is moving in the “wrong direction" in combating a new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated by the delta variant as vaccinations slow, said Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert. With half of the country still not fully vaccinated, it’s a problem for the US, he said. Based on the modeling of data, the country faces a worst-case scenario of daily deaths reaching the winter peak of 4,000. “I’m not sure if it’s going to be the worst-case scenario but it’s not going to be good," he said on CNN’s “State of the Union." “We’re going in the wrong direction.

Source: Mint July 25, 2021 14:03 UTC