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Fauci sees US gaining control over pandemic by autumn

Published Thu, Dec 31, 2020 · 09:50 PM

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    THE leading US infectious disease specialist, Anthony Fauci, said on Wednesday he foresees America achieving enough collective Covid-19 immunity through vaccinations to regain "some semblance of normality" by autumn 2021, despite early setbacks in the vaccine rollout.

    Dr Fauci made his remarks during an online discussion of the pandemic with California governor Gavin Newsom, who announced at the outset that a more infectious coronavirus variant originally found in Britain has been detected in his state, a day after the first known US case was documented in Colorado.

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