By Dana Bash, Nicky Robertson and Devan Cole, CNN
Updated 2:44 PM ET, Sun May 10, 2020
Fauci starting ‘modified quarantine’ after exposure
Washington (CNN)All of the witnesses set to participate in a Senate committee hearing on the novel coronavirus this week, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, will testify remotely, the panel’s chairman announced Sunday.
The Tuesday hearing by the Republican-led Senate Health Committee was already going to feature remote testimony from Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dr. Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, both of whom are self-quarantining following potential exposures to the virus last week.
The other two witnesses — Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Brett Giroir, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services — had been planning to appear in person but will now do so remotely.
The Washington Post first reported the change of plans for the two officials.
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