WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people are in quarantine in Southern California over coronavirus concerns after a second flight landed carrying passengers from China, Friday.

On Sunday, a husband and wife’s coronavirus illnesses reportedly worsened. 

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Now several congressmen are criticizing the federal government for the lack of transparency, and one congresswoman is calling on an investigation into two prominent federal agencies.

Congresswoman Norma Torres of Ontario said she’s appalled she doesn’t know more than what she’s hearing in the news. She said even when she tries to confirm the information and learn more, so she can inform her constituents who are calling in, no one at the federal agencies is answering her questions.

Torres filed a request for investigations into the Inspector Generals for State and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as well as the Government Accountability Office. 

"The fact that my office could not respond with real-time information to our constituents that were calling, and there was a panic there not knowing the state of the people,” said Torres. “It’s unfortunate. It’s my responsibility to be able to inform my constituents and the fact that federal agencies felt that it was not important to include my community in these decisions is unfortunate.”

Torres called on a thorough exploration of the interagency coordination, the coordination with state and local officials and members of Congress, as well as the quarantine protocol, among other issues regarding communication. 

The first plane that landed in Southern California from China over a week ago was supposed to land in Torres’ district but was redirected to a military base 30 minutes away.

“To not come out and provide direct information to my constituents as to how they were going to deal with these passengers, if they were sick, where they were going to go and how they were going to protect our community from having this infection spread throughout the Inland Empire, that lack of information is critical,” said Torres. 

Torres said she’s especially concerned that her office was never contacted when the initial plane was supposed to land in her district at Ontario Airport, and then again not contacted when the plane was redirected. 

She and Representative Mark Takano, who is in Torres’ neighboring district, are working to secure more transparency between the federal government in these health situations and Congress. They’re receiving bipartisan support from other Southern California lawmakers. 

Sunday marked the biggest death toll since the virus outbreak with 97 people in China dying in just one day. There are over 40,000 cases of the coronavirus, at least three in California. 

Torres said she’s working on the Appropriations Committee to see if they can release funds to the southern California cities that need money to invest in protecting constituents. She said she needs more information from the federal agencies.