Fauci: Vaccine development moving at rapid speed

leing infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday development of a vaccine for coronavirus was moving at rapid speed because of " urgency of situation."

Fauci spoke as President Donald Trump issued a stout defense Tuesday of a disproved use of a malaria drug as a treatment for coronavirus.

White House Health viser, said in an interview with Associated Press that "we have got to do a considerable amount of community engment and community outreach because re is this reluctance to get vaccinated."

He ded, "we've got to make as much open, honest and transparent outreach to community to convince m that getting vaccinated is for ir benefit and benefit of community."

More than 4 million people in U.S. have been infected by coronavirus and death toll is nearing 150,000, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.