By Justine Coleman
https://thehill.com/author/justine-coleman
Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, said Sunday that it is difficult to tell if the country will close again because of the pandemic.
Birx told ABC’s “This Week” that officials will learn in the coming months how to “maintain openness and safety” while reopening.
“I want to be very clear to the American people – we are preparing for that potential fall issue,” she said, adding that officials are focused on gathering personal protective equipment and ventilators and advancing therapeutics and vaccine development.
“But you don’t see the country closing down again,” “This Week” host Martha Raddatz asked Birx.
“It’s difficult to tell,” Birx answered. She said she is collecting data on whether states and localities are able to reopen safely.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/499350-birx-says-its-difficult-to-tell-if-country-will-close-again