According to the Washington Post, the Biden administration wishes to bring the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response into a division that would be on the same level as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.
The division would be tasked with guiding a national reaction to health emergencies, according to people who talked with the outlet.
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A letter obtained by the Washington Post states that the choice would allow it "to mobilize a coordinated national response more quickly and stably during future disasters and emergencies while equipping us with greater hiring and contracting capabilities," according to Dawn O’Connell, who leads the ASPR, in a memo to her staff on Wednesday.
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The implementation of the new office will probably be phased in over two years and arrives at a time when there are frustrations within the Biden administration, which has been frustrated with delays within the government throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
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In an announcement to the Washington Post, a CDC spokesperson stated the agency is supportive of O’Connell's vision and called the ASPR "a critical partner for us in addressing public health threats."
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"We will continue to work closely together to advance and protect the health of the American people," the spokesperson stated.
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At the same time, according to the Washington Post, several Biden administration officials explained that the announcement caught them by surprise.
The move comes at almost the same time as the CDC endorsed an advisory committee's recommendation that the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine be used for adults.
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Meanwhile, The World Health Organization (WHO) has verified 14,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide, with five deaths reported in Africa, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Wednesday. The WHO announced that most of the cases reported so far have been discovered in Europe, particularly among men who have sex with men. However, all the deaths have occurred in Africa, where monkeypox outbreaks have historically been found.
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Furthermore, Australia reported one of its highest daily death tolls from the novel Coronavirus on Thursday. At the same time, hospital admissions hovered near record levels as authorities struggle to get ahead of highly contagious Omicron variants. The BA.4/5 variants are good at evading immune protection from vaccination or prior infection and have been driving a surge of new infections globally.