Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said the World Health Organization 'was not correct' in suggesting Covid-19 transmission from an asymptomatic person to an uninfected person is very rare.
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Germany has extended its advice to citizens warning against global travel “for unnecessary and touristic reasons” until August 31. "We cannot and will not risk that Germans will be again stranded all over the world in summer or that vacationers will carry the virus to Germany undetected.
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