Employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to return to the office by Sept. 15, roughly five weeks after a gunman fired hundreds of rounds at the agency’s headquarters in DeKalb County, according to an internal email obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Sunday.

In the email that was sent Thursday by the CDC’s new chief operating officer, Lynda Chapman, she stated the agency was taking “necessary steps to restore our workplace” and would “return to regular on-site operations” by that date.

“All staff will be expected to return to their approved offices. For those whose workspaces remain impacted, alternative on-campus space will be provided,” Chapman said in the email.

Chapman said the agency made “significant progress” on repairs at the CDC Roy

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