White House's Top Coronavirus Official Dr. Deborah Birx Visits Pittsburgh, Meets With Mayor Peduto
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- White House COVID Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx made a stop in Pittsburgh while visiting Pennsylvania Thursday.
Dr. Birx is one of the top doctors on coronavirus in the United States and is at the helm of the White House's response to the pandemic.
During her visit in Pittsburgh, she visited the Allegheny County Health Department and met with Mayor Bill Peduto. They discussed where Pittsburgh stands in the pandemic.
Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert and city EMS workers were also at the meeting with the mayor.
This morning after a visit with @HealthAllegheny, Mayor @billpeduto met with White House COVID Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx to discuss where #Pittsburgh stands.
Dr. Birx lauded @PghPublicSafety's preventive methods as a model for first responders nationwide. pic.twitter.com/DzHfxdKkQQ
— Office of the Mayor (@TheNextPGH) September 3, 2020
According to the Mayor's Office, Dr. Birx praised the city's Public Safety Department for its COVID-19 preventive methods and called it "a model for first responders nationwide."
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