Trump officials have asked US health agencies to pause external communications, the Washington Post By Reuters reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered federal health agencies to pause all outside communications, such as health advisories, weekly science reports, website updates and social media posts, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing a dozen current and former officials and sources.

The instructions were delivered Tuesday to agency staff within the Department of Health and Human Services, including officials from the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health, the newspaper reported.

Trump took office on Monday.