WP announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 CDC employees in the United States due to the shutdown

In the United States, more than 1,000 employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have received layoff notices due to the ongoing government shutdown, The Washington Post (WP) reported on October 12.

"More than 1,000 CDC employees have received layoff notices, including in units that respond to outbreaks of infectious diseases," the material says.

Among those who will be laid off are employees responsible for combating the growing number of measles cases in the United States and abroad. An official with more than 28 years of experience in leading dozens of federal agencies that have responded to outbreaks of Ebola, Marburg virus and cystic fibrosis in Africa over the years was also fired, anonymous sources said.

"After the details of the dismissals became public, a federal health official said that some of the layoff notices had been sent in error and would be canceled," the newspaper writes.

However, the sources did not specify exactly how many notifications they were going to withdraw. The publication notes that these cuts were "another blow to the agency, which is at the forefront of combating threats to the public health of Americans."

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Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump announced the beginning of massive cuts in the US government. He clarified that the number of employees who will be subject to cuts will be announced within a few days.

Later, ABC TV channel indicated that more than 4 thousand federal employees from seven ministries, including the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health of the United States, received redundancy notices amid the government shutdown. The layoffs also affected the ministries of trade, energy, Internal Security and housing. The shutdown was introduced in the United States on October 1 due to the fact that the draft budget was not agreed upon by the senators.

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