Coronavirus poses a unique challenge to FEMA, which is more accustomed to dealing with natural disasters like hurricanes or devastating floods
An employee at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s command center tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, bringing home the disease’s dangers at the very facility where the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic is being managed.
“It poses another challenge because we have to keep our employees safe but at the same time do your jobs to help America recover from the pandemic,” the administration official said. The NRCC is where FEMA receives all states’ requests for personal protective equipment and other supplies and works to fill those requests alongside the nearly 20 federal agencies also working in FEMA headquarters, along with other private sector and nonprofit partners.
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