[이데일리 이현정 인턴기자] Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the United States, has warned that a resurgence of COVID-19 may occur as the United States is easing COVID-19-related quarantine policies.
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The New York Times (NYT) reported on the 20th (local time) that Fauci had mentioned the possibility of a resurgence of COVID-19 in the United States. As the number of confirmed cases, hospitalizations, and deaths began to decline, the United States has been loosening regulations related to quarantine, such as lifting the mandatory wearing of masks.
Dr. Fauci appeared on ABC’s ‘This Week’ on the same day and said, “This is not the time to declare victory. The COVID-19 virus has deceived us before, so we need to be prepared for the possibility of another mutation.” This is in consideration of the possibility of propagation of the so-called ‘stealth omicron’, ‘BA.
Other epidemiologists are also analyzing the recent decline in the number of confirmed cases in the United States as similar to the situation before the re-proliferation in Europe, the New York Times reported.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the proportion of new confirmed cases in the United States with BA.
However, Dr. Fauci predicted that even if the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 returns to an increasing trend, it will not rise as rapidly as the previous outbreak.
In addition, he added that quarantine rules may be applied again if hospitalizations start to increase in connection with the recent easing of various regulations such as lifting the mandatory wearing of masks along with a decrease in the number of confirmed cases in the United States.
