President Donald Trump on Monday launched new attacks on his own administration’s public health officials, while the White House denied that it had perpetrated a smear campaign against Dr. Anthony Fauci , one of the most venerated voices combating the coronavirus.

Dr. Anthony Fauci , the nation's top infectious-disease expert, stated that President Donald Trump's recent false claim that "99%" of coronavirus cases in the US are "totally harmless" is "obviously not the case".