Trump administration orders hospitals to send coronavirus data to Washington, not the CDC
The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all COVID-19 patient information to a central database in Washington starting Wednesday, according to a Health and Human Services document updated July 10.Michael Caputo, HHS assistant secretary for public affairs, said in a statement to NBC News the new coronavirus data collection system would be “faster,” adding that the CDC has a one-week lag in reporting hospital […]