Americans could still need to wear masks in 2022: Fauci
Published on: Monday, February 22, 2021
By: Bernama
WASHINGTON: Americans may still need to wear masks in 2022 to protect against the coronavirus, Xinhua news agency quoting Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, on Sunday.
Fauci said even as the United States may reach "a significant degree of normality" by the end of this year, Americans will still need to wear masks next year.
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His comments came as the Covid-19 death toll in the United States is approaching 500,000.
According to Xinhua’s report, Fauci stressed the importance of mitigation measures to fight the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 and its emerging variants.
The country is ramping up its vaccine rollout, which has been hindered by power outages amid the ongoing winter storms in much of the country.
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Vaccinations for younger children, however, "likely will not be before the beginning of the first quarter of 2022," Fauci said.
