Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci, flanked by US President Donald Trump and US Vice President Mike Pence, speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, in the Brady WASHINGTON (AP) - A spokesman for a key House panel said Friday that the White House has blocked Dr.
Anthony Fauci from testifying next week at a hearing on the coronavirus outbreak. House Appropriations Committee spokesman Evan Hollander said the panel sought Fauci — the highly respected director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — as a witness for a subcommittee hearing on the government’s response to the pandemic, but was denied.