Possibly ‘A Few Months’ Until Life Returns to Normal, Top US Health Official Says

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health Dr. Anthony Fauci listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks about the coronavirus alongside members of the Coronavirus Task Force in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, on March 9, 2020. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The top infectious disease expert in the United States on March 15 said that it may take several months before life returns to normal in the United States because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“It’s going to be a matter of several weeks to a few months, for sure,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told ABC News on March 15 after he was asked when life will return to normal, as states announce the closure of schools, stores are shut, and public gatherings are banned in order to implement social distancing policies recommended by health experts.