The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reinstated 180 probationary employees weeks after they were fired as part of the Department of Government Efficiency‘s efforts to reduce the federal workforce.

In an unanticipated move, the CDC has issued an email to 180 of its recently laid-off employees, instructing them to resume their former roles and work schedules. The email, marked with the urgent subject line "read this email immediately,

About 180 ex-employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were called back to work Tuesday — just two weeks after a round of layoffs ordered by the Trump administration, according to a report.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are frantically trying to bring in hundreds of workers fired in a mass Trump administration purge back into work, reported The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Reports say dozens of laid-off workers received an email that rescinded their terminations and apologized for the disruption caused by the firings.