China Concealed Severity of Virus to Hoard Supplies, DHS Report Concludes
Coronavirus,Trade,Foreign Policy,White House,DHS,China
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China hid the scope of the country’s coronavirus outbreak as well as information on how contagious the illness is in order to have time to stock up on medical supplies, according to an intelligence report from the Department of Homeland Security.
The Chinese government “intentionally concealed the severity” of the outbreak in January and neglected for weeks to inform the World Health Organization that the virus was contagious, the four-page May 1 document marked “for official use only” states.
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