CDC Warns Agency Would Lose Access to Key Data If Emergency Declaration Ends

CDC Warns Agency Would Lose Access to Key Data If Emergency Declaration Ends
The Centers for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., on April 23, 2020. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning that the end of the public health emergency for COVID-19 would cut the agency off from critical data for tracking the disease.

“CDC has no general statutory authority to direct what and how public health data are reported. Data authorities related to COVID-19 test results and hospitalizations are available now because of a public health emergency declaration. When that declaration lapses, so do the federal legal authorities to require the reporting of this important information,” a CDC spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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