Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, called Covid-19 a "pandemic of historic proportions." Fauci compared the current crisis to the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed more than 50 million people globally and about 675,000 in the US. The United States saw a record number of new cases Tuesday with 67,417, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. As new cases continue to emerge, at least 27 states have paused or rolled back plans to reopen their economies. Hopes for a successful vaccineA major determinant in how long the US will have to live with a coronavirus pandemic, experts say, is how quickly researchers can produce a vaccine.

Source: CNN July 15, 2020 08:26 UTC