Fauci, CDC’s Walensky and others testify before Congress on U.S. Covid response
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Prime U.S. well being officers are scheduled to testify Thursday earlier than the Senate Well being, Training, Labor, and Pensions Committee at a listening to on the Covid-19 pandemic.
White Home chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci, who can be director of the Nationwide Institute of Allergy and Infectious Illnesses, is scheduled to talk together with Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention. Dr. Janet Woodcock, performing commissioner of the Meals and Drug Administration and Daybreak O’Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the US Division of Well being and Human Companies are scheduled to talk too.
The assembly comes two days after U.S. well being officers cleared the distribution of doses of the Pfizer vaccine to youngsters ages 5 to 11. As many as 28 million youngsters within the U.S. at the moment are eligible to get vaccinated, in accordance with the White Home.