The doctor leading the United States' fight against the coronavirus fight, Dr. Anthony Fauci, is?facing threats to his life and as a result his security has been beefed up, CNN has reported.?
Fauci, who is on US President's Donald Trump's coronavirus task force is the country's top medical expert on the pandemic.
CNN reported that the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General, the agency's law enforcement arm, asked the US Marshals Service for assistance following threats to Fauci. The Marshals then deputized HHS officers to act as personal security for the doctor.??
Dr. Anthony Fauci's profile has grown as he is among the scheme of things and is regularly providing update on the on the coronavirus in the country. He has been advocating for strict restrictions to be put in place in US.?
His guidance to Trump for the country to remain as locked down as possible to help control the virus spread has not earned fans among some fervent right-wing voices.??
Fauci was among the health advisers on Trump's team encouraging a continuation of the current guidelines after Trump heard from business leaders and some conservative allies that the restrictions were more damaging than the virus itself.??
The United States recorded 1,169 COVID-19 fatalities in the past 24 hours, the Johns Hopkins University tracker showed Thursday, the highest one-day death toll recorded in any country since the global pandemic began.?
US has more than 2,40,000 cases of coronavirus and so far the country has recorded 5,926 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic.
New York City has reported nearly 30% of the US's coronavirus cases. More than 50,000 people there have been infected (though that's only those who have been tested), and more than 1500 people across New York's five boroughs have died - accounting for one-quarter of all US COVID-19 deaths.