WASHINGTON, DC, United States — Dr Anthony Fauci said if Americans don't start following public health recommendations US coronavirus cases could grow to 100,000 a day.
Infections are rising rapidly mostly in parts of the West and South, and Fauci and other public health experts said Americans everywhere will have to start following key recommendations if they want to get back to more normal activities like going to school.
Lawmakers also pressed for what Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the committee's top Democrat, called a national vaccine plan — to be sure the race for the COVID-19 vaccine ends with shots that really are safe, truly protect and are available to all Americans who want one.
The Food and Drug Administration released guidelines yesterday, saying any vaccine that wins approval will have to be at 50 per cent more effective than a dummy shot in the final, required testing.
About 15 vaccine candidates are in various stages of human testing worldwide but the largest studies, including 30,000 people each, needed to prove if a shot really protects are set to begin in July.
