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DoE Headquarters, Site See Jump in Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

Monday, July 27th, 2020

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DoE Headquarters, Site See Jump in Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

The Department of Energy confirmed five new cases of COVID-19 among the staff of its Washington, D.C., area headquarters, including someone who was at the office recently, in a statement posted online Friday. The civilian agency includes the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which builds, maintains and refurbishes U.S. nuclear warheads and bombs. It has about 7,000 employees combined at the Forrestal Building in downtown D.C., and the Germantown Building in nearby suburban, Maryland, including about 1,000 NNSA employees. Along…

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