Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, tells NBC News’ Richard Engel that public health officials are dealing with an emerging infectious disease that has “now reached outbreak proportions and likely pandemic proportions.” So far, there have been six deaths in the US, with approximately 80 cases of the virus overall nationally.
There have been about 3,000 deaths globally, 2,803 of which have been in China’s Hubei province, where the outbreak started.
But Fauci says it’s not time yet to close schools or ban large gatherings. “We are not at the stage for mitigation for this right now,” he says. “It may come to a point when you have enough community spread that you switch from trying to
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