Federal officials tell China: Let U.S. health workers enter to help respond to coronavirus
WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Tuesday called for a team of Americans to be allowed to enter China and assist with the local response to the novel coronavirus outbreak there, an offer that U.S. officials say the Chinese government has not yet authorized since it was first extended three weeks ago.
A group of U.S. public health workers and scientific researchers is standing by to travel to China, according to health secretary Alex Azar, who said he and other officials have reiterated the offer twice to the Chinese government: once to the country’s health minister and again at a World Health Organization meeting in Beijing.
