Dr Oxiris Barbot

New York health commissioner Oxiris Barbot resigns over COVID-19

New York Health Commissioner Barbot Resigns Over COVID-19

New York City Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, has resigned over alleged under-utilisation of the department’s “incomparable disease control expertise.”

“I leave my post today with deep disappointment that during the most critical public health crisis in our lifetime, that the Health Department’s incomparable disease control expertise was not used to the degree it could have been.

“Our experts are world renowned for their epidemiology, surveillance and response work.

“The city would be well served by having them at the strategic centre of the response not in the background,” Barbot said in her letter of resignation.

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