America’s leading infectious diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci says South Africa appears to have pulled together in a unified way to fight Covid-19, attributing the resurgence in his own country to each of the 50 states following their own strategy.

Fauci, who is Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and has advised six presidents in 36 years, was a guest speaker last night during a webinar streamed in South Africa.

He says everybody has got to pull together and that it was his impression that in some countries, like South Africa, things can be done more centrally.

Watch the full session below: