Coronavirus case in State Department-provided housing alarms diplomats
Source: Washington Post
By
John Hudson
April 10, 2020 at 5:51 p.m. EDT
Several U.S. diplomats living in State Department-provided housing in the Washington area have expressed alarm about the department’s lack of communication concerning a colleague who has contracted the novel coronavirus and lives in their apartment complex, according to interviews and emails obtained by The Washington Post.
Some of the Foreign Service officers and their families have left the building due to the absence of medical guidance, while others have raised concerns about whether the department is taking the problem seriously given the international nature of their work.
“They were furious that State gave zero guidance after promising it,” said one U.S. official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal State Department matters.
As of Friday, 340 State Department employees have contracted the virus, with 55 cases domestically and 285 abroad, William Walters, the State Department’s deputy chief medical officer for operations, told reporters. Four employees have died of covid-19, the disease the virus causes.
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