Social Distancing Will Last Several More Weeks, Fauci Says

March 20, 2020, 1:38 PM UTC

Americans will have to practice social distancing for at least several more weeks to mitigate U.S. cases of Covid-19, NIH’s Anthony S. Fauci said Friday.

“If you look at the trajectory of the curves of outbreaks in other areas, it’s at least going to be several weeks. I cannot see that all of a sudden next week or two weeks from now, it’s going to be over. I don’t think there’s a chance of that. I think it’s going to be several weeks,” Fauci said on The Today Show.

Fauci, who’s the director of the National Institute of Allergy ...

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