NBC 5 May 12th COVID-19 Update
During testimony delivered remotely at a Senate committee hearing about the coronavirus Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci said the coronavirus will not simply “disappear” this fall and a second wave of cases will have to be fought with aggressive testing, preparation by the health care industry and contact tracing. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and member of the White House’s coronavirus task force, also said many experts believe more people have died from coronavirus than reported, due to early cases that overwhelmed many health care systems and left some cases uncounted.
Here’s what else you need to know about COVID-19 in the U.S.:
• There have been more than 1.3 million coronavirus cases and the death toll has surpassed 80,000 people.
• Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, said the federal government will be giving states $11 billion to be used on coronavirus testing efforts.
• The White House is requiring everyone who enters the West Wing to wear a mask.
Posted: May 12th, 2020 under Heathcare News.