Top CDC official warns of virus resurgence in the fall and renewed lockdowns

Published May 21, 2020 2:46pm ET



Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the United States could suffer renewed lockdowns later this year, as a resurgence of the coronavirus is likely during flu season.

“We’ve seen evidence that the concerns it would go south in the southern hemisphere like flu [are coming true], and you’re seeing what’s happening in Brazil now,” Redfield told the Financial Times Wednesday. “And then when the southern hemisphere is over I suspect it will reground itself in the north.”

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