A whistleblower is alleging that HHS officials dispatched more than a dozen workers to aid quarantined Americans evacuated from China, without providing proper training or protective gear — a move that potentially exposed them to the coronavirus infection
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“We are hopeful that Congress and the OSC will investigate this case in a timely and comprehensive manner,” Wilkenfeld said. “This matter concerns HHS’s response to the coronavirus, and its failure to protect its employees and potentially the public. The retaliatory efforts to intimidate and silence our client must be opposed.”
“Allowing HHS workers to be exposed to Wuhan evacuees without adequate protection is gross mismanagement that jeopardizes American lives,”. “We need someone in charge who will rise to the level of responding to this threat.” The whistleblower is seeking assistance from Rep. Jimmy Gomez , who during a Thursday House Ways and Means Committee hearing pressed Azar over whether untrained workers were sent to aid the coronavirus response.
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