LONDON – America’s top infectious disease expert has apologized for suggesting U.K. authorities rushed their authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine, saying he has “great faith” in the country’s regulators.Dr.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, had sparked controversy with an earlier interview in which he said U.K.
regulators hadn’t acted “as carefully” as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Fauci said late Thursday that he meant to say U.S.
authorities do things differently than their British counterparts, not better, but his comments weren’t phrased properly.“I do have great faith in both the scientific community and the regulatory community at the U.K., and anyone who knows me and my.