DOE Spells Out Steps to Stem Rising COVID Case Count Around Nuclear Sites

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The Department of Energy is taking steps to implement White House policy to stem the tide of increasing COVID-19infections by again ordering mask wearing indoors, giving more time off to have family members vaccinated and holdingoff on many in-person meetings.Effective immediately, “any DOE-hosted in-person meeting, conference, or event that will be attended by more than 50participants-regardless of whether participants include members of the public-must first be approved by the Secretary,in consultation with the DOE COVID-19 Coordination Team,” according to a Wednesday email to agency employees fromDOE chief of staff Tarak Shah seen by Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor.