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Next week, the US War Department (the Pentagon) intends to impose further restrictions on several thousand of its employees working at its headquarters due to the high rate of spread of the Corona virus.
According to the newspaper “Politico”, this Friday the decision was made at the beginning of this week, and will be announced next Thursday, due to the increase in cases of Coronavirus in the US capital, Washington, and its suburbs since the beginning of November.
As part of this measure, the number of employees working directly at the Pentagon will be reduced from 80% to 60%.
The newspaper said the number of employees who will continue their Pentagon duties is expected to not exceed 50%, as the administration urged employees to work remotely, as well as to make the most of sick leave.
According to “Johns Hopkins University”, which bases its reports and data on information from federal and local authorities, so far around 12 million cases of Coronavirus have been registered in the United States, and the number of deaths has exceeded 254 thousand people , and the United States tops the list of countries most affected by the outbreak. Epidemic in the world.
Source: Agencies
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