Dr. Anthony Fauci is among those scheduled to testify before House lawmakers on Tuesday about the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, a hearing that comes as states working to reopen their economies have seen a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Fauci, the top infectious-disease expert at the National Institutes of Health will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He will be joined by Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention; Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration; and Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health for Health and Human Services.
The hearing comes as states ramp up reopening efforts and a growing number see spikes in the number of cases – such as Florida, which recently reported a record number of daily cases.
Coronavirus has infected 2.3 million Americans and killed more than 120,000.
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