The top infectious disease expert in the US, Dr Anthony Fauci, has said Americans should prepare for a "surge upon a surge" in coronavirus cases as millions of travellers return home after Thursday's Thanksgiving holiday.
The United States is the world's worst-affected country, with 266,831 Covid-19 deaths. "There almost certainly is going to be an uptick because of what has happened with the travel," Dr Fauci told CNN's State of the Union last night.
Travel surrounding Thanksgiving made this the busiest week in US airports since the pandemic began. "We may see a surge upon a surge" in two or three weeks, Dr Fauci added. "We don't want to frighten people, but that's the reality." The trend is ominous, Dr Fauci and other government