FDA Commissioner Enters Self-Quarantine After CCP Virus Exposure

FDA Bans 65 Chinese Mask Makers for Failing to Meet Filtration Standards

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revoked approval for more than 60 N95-type mask manufacturers in China to export to the United States, after testing found that many of their products did not meet quality standards. The agency on May 7 cut the number of authorized manufacturers in China to 14 from around 80. Previously, on April 3, it had authorized the import of China-made masks that hadn’t been tested to counter shortages in personal protective equipment. One condition of that policy, however, was that the masks be tested by independent labs. Millions of masks had been imported since then. Testing by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that many of the masks did not meet the…

The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has entered self-quarantine after coming in contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.

Dr. Stephen Hahn tested negative for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus., which causes COVID-19, after he learned of the contact, a FDA spokeswoman said.

Hahn wrote a note to staff on Friday to alert them to the contact.

The person he came into contact with wasn’t identified.

He’ll be in isolation for two weeks.

Hahn was scheduled to testify before a Senate panel on Tuesday, along with infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci and CDC Director Robert Redfield. The three officials are all part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

Katie Miller, Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, tested positive for COVID-19, the administration said Friday.

The White House has put into place guidelines including tracing contacts of people who test positive for the new illness, press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters Friday.

Neither Pence nor President Donald Trump had recent contact with Miller, an administration official told reporters.

A member of the military who works on the White House campus, who has been described in some reports as one of Trump’s valets, also tested positive for COVID-19 in recent days.

Trump and Pence “have since tested negative for the virus and they remain in great health,” spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement.

Trump and Pence will be tested on a daily basis going forward, officials said. They were previously tested on a weekly basis.

People who come into contact with Trump will also be tested every day, Pence said.

No member of Trump’s cabinet has tested positive for the CCP virus, which originated in China last year.

Some close to the president have previously entered isolation after exposure to a person who later tested positive, including his daughter, Ivanka Trump.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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China Needs to Develop More Nukes to Curb the US: Editor of Chinese State-Run Newspaper

China should expand its stock of nuclear warheads to 1,000 to counter the challenges posed by the United States, chief editor of the Chinese state-run Global Times newspaper argued in a May 8 social media post. The communist regime’s nuclear arsenal should include “at least 100 DF-41 strategic missiles,” said Hu Xijin, who is known for his hawkish stance on foreign relations. The DF-41, unveiled in mid-2019 by the rocket force of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), is estimated to have a 12,000- to 15,000-kilometer range, the longest nuclear operating range in the world, and is capable of striking the continental United States. “We love peace and promise not to use nuclear weapons first, but we need a bigger nuclear arsenal to suppress U.S. strategic ambition and impulse against…