Fauci Backs Ending Covid Emergency, Says More Can Be Done

The White House decision to end the Covid-19 national emergency this spring is “appropriate and timely,” even if there’s still work to be done on the response, Anthony S. Fauci said Wednesday.

“If you look at where we are right now, compared to where we are at the height of things, it’s dramatically different,” President Joe Biden’s former chief medical adviser who was also the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said in an interview. “When it’s appropriate, everyone wants to move on—not necessarily feel that we can’t do better—but move on to a next ...