Dr Anthony Fauci has revealed that he doesn't believe COVID-19 will ever be eradicated as cases continue to spike in a number of states.  

During a discussion with TB Alliance, a nonprofit that researches treatments for tuberculosis, Fauci explained that he doesn't see COVID-19 'disappearing the way SARS-1 did'.

'The reason I say that is it is so efficient in its ability to transmit from human to human that I think we ultimately will get control of it,' Fauci said. 'I don't really see us eradicating it.'

The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases then listed three things that he believes will help the US get a grip on the virus. 

'I think with a combination of good public health measures, a degree of global herd immunity and a good vaccine — which I do hope and feel cautiously optimistic that we will get — I think when you put all three of those together, I think we will get very good control of this,' he said. 

Fauci's remarks come just a day after President Donald Trump finally admitted that the coronavirus 'will get worse before it will get better'.

'It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better,' Trump said from the White House on Tuesday.

But he also touted a reduction in deaths and progress on vaccines and treatments for COVID-19.