In a recent interview with PBS NewsHour, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and The White House medical advisor, told that the U.S. is coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic and its no longer in the grip of the pandemic, despite it’s continuing global threat.

Dr. Fauci reportedly told “We don’t have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. We are at a low level right now. So if you’re saying, are we out of the pandemic phase in this country? We are,”

We are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase. Namely, we don’t have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. We are at a low level right now.

– Dr. Anthony Fauci, The white House chief medical adviser (source: NPR News)

Clarifying his previous comment, Dr. Fauci reportedly told CNN “his comments had been mischaracterized by some to mean that the pandemic is over, ‘which is not what I said‘. We’re not over the pandemic. Don’t let anybody get the misinterpretation that the pandemic is over, but what we are in is a different phase of the pandemic. A phase that’s a transition phase, hopefully headed toward more of a control where you can actually get back to some form of normality without total disruption of society, economically, socially, school-wise, etc.”

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“So what we need to do is continue to be vigilant, to follow the CDC guidelines, to do the kinds of things that protect you: Get vaccinated, if you’re not vaccinated; get boosted if you’re eligible for a boost. If you do get infected, be aware that there is availability of antivirals,” Dr. Fauci added.

NPR News writes quoting an interview with The Associated Press Dr. Fauci reportedly told “the pandemic isn’t over. “We are in a different moment of the pandemic. After a brutal winter surge, we’ve now decelerated and transitioned into more of a controlled phase. By no means does that mean the pandemic is over.”

Dr. Fauci told CNN “Each of us, in our own personal way, has to make an assessment of what risk you’re willing to accept about getting infected. In general, the risk is low, but I made a personal assessment. I’m 81 years old, and if I get infected, I have a much higher risk.”