Health & Fitness
'Maryland Did Well’ In Its Response To The Coronavirus Pandemic: Fauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke with WJZ's Vic Carter on Wednesday, saying while the area got "hit pretty hard," Maryland "can get through this."
ANNAPOLIS, MD — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said the United States is still in its first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Fauci spoke with WJZ’s Vic Carter on Wednesday. He said while the Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. area got “hit pretty hard” by the pandemic, the region has responded well.
“In the area around Washington D.C. — the Washington, Maryland, Virginia area — we got hit pretty hard. We did well. Maryland did well. D.C. did well. Virginia did well,” Dr. Fauci said. “We are now in the process of going from the gateway, which is the first checkpoint, into phase one, so if you go around the District, you’re starting to see people outside in restaurants, where before it was only takeout. Hopefully, the cases will continue to come down.” Dr. Fauci said Baltimore City, who is still in phase one of the reopening process while most of Maryland is in phase two, is taking the right steps.
