President Xi Jinping talks by video with patients and medical workers at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan in central Hubei province on March 10. “If they took action six days earlier, there would have been much fewer patients and medical facilities would have been sufficient. It’s uncertain whether it was local officials who failed to report cases or national officials who failed to record them. The Chinese government has repeatedly denied suppressing information in the early days, saying it immediately reported the outbreak to the World Health Organization. “Allegations of a cover-up or lack of transparency in China are groundless,” said foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian at a Thursday press conference.

Source: The Standard April 15, 2020 08:03 UTC