PHILADELPHIA - Mayor Kenney issued a statement in support of health commissioner Thomas Farley amid the current fallout from their partnership with Philly Fighting COVID. "The last eleven months responding to pandemic has been very grueling for everyone involved, especially our health department," Mayor Kenney acknowledged before passing some blame to the federal government. "Overall I'm very proud of the city's response which was stymied for a long time by the lack of coordination and misinformation spread by the federal government."He went on to list the many things that he is proud of concerning the city's response to the pandemic including creating a field hospital for testing, setting hard restrictions, and the achievements made with.