Dr. Anthony Fauci warned the variant strain of the coronavirus now plaguing the United Kingdom would spread from state to state in the United States.

“You’ll be hearing reports from other states and more cases in the state that is already reported. Unfortunately, that’s just the reality of the way these viruses spread,” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the Today show on Thursday. “The good news is that it does not appear to be more virulent, namely, making people more sick and leading to more death.”