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Dr. Anthony Fauci: Pro Sports Can Potentially Return This Summer Without Fans

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the leading figures in the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic, told Snapchat's Peter Hamby that he believes sports could return this summer—but only under certain conditions.

Fauci said sports could potentially return safely without fans if players are isolated in hotels and tested frequently for the coronavirus.

"There's a way of doing that," Fauci said. "Nobody comes to the stadium. Put [the players] in big hotels, wherever you want to play, keep them very well surveilled. .