Dr Anthony Fauci to testify before US Senate despite self-quarantine & Trump's protests

Dr Anthony Fauci, leing infectious diseases expert of United States, will testify before a Senate committee through video conferencing on Tuesday, making his first appearance before Congress since March. Fauci will appear alongside Dr Robert Redfield, director of Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and or US officials to discuss ecomic revival amid  COVID-19 pandemic.

Senator Lamar Alexander, chairman of Senate Health, Education, Labour, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, anunced on Sunday that committee hearing would take place over video conference.

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"After consulting with Dr. Fauci, and in an abundance of caution for our witnesses, senators, and staff, all four ministration witnesses will appear by videoconference due to se unusual circumstances," Alexander said in a statement.

Food and Drug ministration Commissioner Stephen Hahn and Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir will also be seen at virtual hearing.

Fauci is scheduled to testify despite undergoing quarantine after he was exposed to a White House staffer who tested positive for dely virus. Fauci told one of news ncies that he is at "low risk" of contracting disease, based on kind of exposure he h to staffer.

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White House blocks Fauci’s testimony

Dr Anthony Fauci’s testimony before Senate comes after US President Donald Trump’s ministration blocked him from appearing before a House committee to discuss spending on COVID-19 testing. President Trump told reporters last week that he does t want officials to appear before House Democrats, who hold majority.

" House is a setup," Trump said. " House is a bunch of Trump haters."

Last week, White House Office of Legislative Affairs sent a memo to all House and Senate committee staff directors that blocks all members of White House Coronavirus Task Force from appearing before a congressional committee without permission of chief of staff Mark Meows.

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(Im credits: AP)