*The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention鈥檚 report has suggested 58 percent of the country鈥檚 population has already had the virus, and thus, has built up some immunity to the disease

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After over two years of causing soci-economic disruptions with attendant damaging consequences to consumers鈥� normal life in the American country and worldwide, Dr. Anthony Fauci, top medical adviser of the Joe Biden administration, has said that the United States (US) 鈥渙ut of the pandemic phase鈥� when it comes to COVID-19.

The foremost scientist and infectious disease expert made the comments in an interview with PBS.

Dr. Fauci stated: 鈥淣amely, we don’t have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalisations and thousands of deaths.

鈥淲e are at a low level right now.鈥�

However, Fauci predicted that the US. would not eradicate the virus that has killed nearly 1 million people in the the country since 2020.

He also disclosed that the US could keep cases at a very low level and intermittently vaccinate the population.

鈥淭hat might be every year, that might be longer, in order to keep that level low,鈥� Fauci said.

Over half of US population may have had Coronavirus 鈹�CDC

Meanwhile, as regards the rate of COVID-19 infections in the US since it broke out late 2019, 听the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention鈥檚 (CDC) report said suggested that 58 percent of the US population has already had the virus and, thus, has built up some immunity.

The health regulatory agency also said that several cases were likely caused by the Omicron variants.

The CDC report as well established that the estimate of the percentage of the population that had been infected rose from 34 percent December 2021 to 58 percent in February 2022.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said: 鈥淲e do believe that there is a lot of protection in the community both from vaccination, as well as from boosting and from prior infection.鈥�

ConsumerCo0onnect reports the COVID-19 鈥宼ally鈥� 鈥宎s鈥� 鈥屸�宑ompiled鈥屸�� 鈥宐y鈥� 鈥孞ohns鈥� 鈥孒opkins鈥� 鈥孶niversity noted that total鈥� 鈥宯umber of confirmed鈥� 鈥宑ases of the Coronavirus in the US as of Wednesday, April 28, 2022, was 81,106,584 with total鈥� 鈥孶S鈥� 鈥宒eaths put at 992,009.

Globally, the report said the total鈥� cases were鈥� 511,142,131 while total 鈥実lobal鈥� 鈥宒eaths recorded were put at 6,226,008 thus far.

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