The CIA believes that China pressured the World Health Organization into delaying public warnings about coronavirus early in the outbreak, according to a new report.
A CIA report says China threatened to stop cooperating with the WHO's coronavirus investigation if the organization declared the outbreak a global health emergency, according to Newsweek.
The alleged delay came at a crucial time in January, as the virus was spreading around the world undetected and China was stockpiling medical equipment and protective gear made in the U.S. and elsewhere.
The shock allegation comes as more than 82,000 Americans have died of the virus that originated in Wuhan, China last year, and the claims are likely to further fray tense relations between Washington and Beijing.
The contents of the the CIA document, called 'U.N.-China: WHO Mindful But Not Beholden to China,' were confirmed to Newsweek by two U.S. intelligence officials.
It is the second Western intelligence report to indicate that China strong-armed the WHO into downplaying the risks of the epidemic, after a German intelligence document reported by Der Spiegel suggested that Chinese leader Xi Jinping personally pressured WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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2 comments:
The China story is no longer of interest because the US public knows only what the media tells them.People aren't stupid,since they can only reach out far enough to change channels and therefore can be told anything.All of that Wuhan crap is falling on deaf ears.For all intents and purposes we could be told daily that it started in France and 90% would believe it.We have been given a narrative we've been told to believe it.Before the media came along we thought for ourselves.
Honestly, I can't blame them. IF the story is true, I would try to fix my own problem too - which I believe many of us have done the same.
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