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US intelligence agencies accuse Wuhan authorities of hiding information about COVID-19

20 August 2020 09:30 (UTC +04:00)

American intelligence services accuse the Chinese authorities of Wuhan of trying to conceal information about the coronavirus from the leadership China, US officials familiar with the intelligence report said, APA reports citing New York Times

Officials said, intelligence agencies USA came to the conclusion in the report that the authorities Wuhan and provinces Hubei, where the novel coronavirus outbreak occurred,” tried to hide information from the central leadership of China”.

The US authorities, including the president, regularly accuse China of failing to contain the spread of the coronavirus, hiding the facts, and untimely reaction. Chinese authorities have repeatedly stated that they have taken an open and responsible stance from the outset regarding the publication of data on the coronavirus epidemic