Fauci said he's concerned recent spikes in COVID-19 cases could become a 'full blown outbreak' without proper testing and contact tracing

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• Top US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said he is concerned that the increases in infections in light of reopening could develop into "full blown outbreaks" but hopes that "individual states can blunt that.
• He said it is not "inevitable" that a second wave or massive wave of infections could happen in the fall, but it could be prevent if approached "in the proper way" with widespread testing and contact tracing.
• The Trump administration has not had the same outlook on the threat of the recent outbreaks as Fauci, with President Donald Trump blaming the rise in coronavirus cases on increased testing.
• He said he doesn't see normalcy returning anytime soon amid the coronavirus pandemic, citing the recent spikes in COVID-19 cases across the US.
• "I would hope to get to some degree of real normality within a year or so, but I don't think it's this winter or fall; we'll be seeing it for a bit more," Fauci told The Telegraph.
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US top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci expressed concern that the recent spikes in coronavirus cases across the US could develop into "full blown outbreaks."

His outlook contrasted the more positive outlook of the Trump administration, saying that the emerging COVID-19 cases are merely "embers" to be snuffed out.

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