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NIH official suggests large gatherings should be canceled due to coronavirus outbreak

Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease researcher, said he would “recommend that there not be large crowds.”
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

WASHINGTON — Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease researcher, escalated his tone regarding the novel coronavirus outbreak during a congressional hearing Wednesday, suggesting that large gatherings across the country should be cancelled.

“The bottom line: It is going to get worse,” Fauci told lawmakers.

The remarks, during a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, represented perhaps the sharpest advisory yet from

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