Fauci: ‘We Need to Do Whatever We Can to Get the Children Back to School’

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci speaks during the daily briefing on the CCP virus, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, on April 9, 2020. Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images

School administrators across the United States should make decisions on reopening according to the regional dynamics of the pandemic, while following federal health guidelines, Dr. Anthony Fauci said during testimony before a Senate committee on June 30.

The infectious-disease expert told the senators he’s hopeful that schools could resume this fall, and recommended a series of measures to keep the infection level in those communities down so that reopening can happen.