코로나19 들불 속 백악관, 전염병 최고권위자 '사실상 퇴출'<br /><br />Doctor Anthony Fauci, who has been at the forefront of U.S. efforts to combat the COVID-19 epidemic,... appears to have been sidelined by President Trump.<br />The move comes after he repeatedly contradicted Trump's views about the effectiveness of the government's response.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports.<br />Many call him 'America's doctor'.<br />Dr. Anthony Fauci rose to fame as the top expert in Washington's attempt to combat the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S.<br />However,... after repeatedly contradicting President Trump's views about the effectiveness of the government response to the virus,... Fauci appears to have been pushed into the cold by the White House.<br />The 79-year-old Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has come under increasing fire from Trump,... as the president recently said in a Fox News interview that Fauci had "made a lot of mistakes" in the COVID-19 response.<br />He added that he "disagreed" with the director's claims that the U.S. was in a bad place in its fight against the virus.<br />The two have been at odds since the start of the outbreak,.. in which Fauci found himself in the position of correcting several of the president's false or misleading statements.<br />Despite the ill will between the two,... President Trump cannot fire Fauci,... who has bipartisan support in Congress and a public approval rating of 67 percent for his COVID-19 response.<br />Instead,... the White House's strategy appears to be to push him out of the public eye by cancelling his media appearances.<br />The ongoing rift comes as the U.S. continues to struggle in its fight against the virus.<br />The U.S. has recorded more than 3-point-3 million COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.<br />That's nearly 1 out of every 100 Americans.<br />Thirty-five states have reported a surge in infections,... including record numbers in Florida.<br />If Florida were a country,... it would be the fourth highest in the world in reporting new daily cases.<br />Health officials in the state reported over 15-thousand cases on Sunday alone,... and at least 12-thousand cases since.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br />
