Sonia Angell steps down following database errors that led to backlog of coronavirus tests
California’s governor faced a grilling from reporters on Monday over the resignation of one of the state’s top health officials, Sonia Angell, who stepped down without explanation on Sunday night after database errors led to a backlog of thousands of coronavirus tests.
Gavin Newsom refused to disclose the reason for Angell’s departure from her role as the director and state public health officer at the California department of public health, even after reporters pressed him at a briefing.
“She resigned. She wrote a resignation letter. And I accepted her resignation,” Newsom said. He added: “We’re all accountable in our respective roles for what happens underneath us. I don’t want to air any more than that.”
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