Top US expert on infectious diseases told a Senate panel that it’s still too early to expect a coronavirus vaccine or treatment.

“The idea of having treatments available or a vaccine to facilitate the reentry of students into the fall term would be […] a bridge too far,” said Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

He was responding to a Republican senator, Lamar Alexander, who asked if a treatment or a vaccine could be made available to allow schools and colleges in America to reopen this fall.

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