CDC announces revamp plans, hires outside official for review

The one-month review follows criticism for its pandemic response including initial delays in developing a coronavirus test

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday announced plans to revamp itself, with director Rochelle Walensky hiring an outside senior federal health official to conduct a one-month review.

James Macrae, an associate administrator in the Department of Health and Human Services, will join CDC on a one-month assignment from 11 April to listen to and engage with the agency's Covid-19 response activities, Walensky said in an email to her colleagues.