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Top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci warned the Senate of the United States will see "needless suffering and death" from the coronavirus if it tries to reopen too soon, The New York Times reported. Fauci, who has become the trusted face of the government's virus response, is one of four top medical experts due to testify remotely at a hearing Tuesday of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. According to Fauci, if USA skips over the checkpoints in the guidelines to: 'Open America Again,' then USA risks the danger of multiple outbreaks throughout the country. Fauci, a leader of the White House coronavirus task force,  said that this will not only result in needless suffering and death, but would actually set USA back on the US quest to return to normal.

"Opening Up America Again" is the administration's guidelines on a three-phase approach to help state and local officials reopen their economies, while observing medical advice on limiting the spread of the virus. Among the administration's requirements before moving to a phased comeback, states should have a "downward trajectory" of documented cases or positive tests, as a percentage of total tests, over two weeks. There should be a robust testing program for at-risk healthcare workers, with asymptomatic cases screened as well, and contacts of positive cases traced//JP