In this Tuesday, March 10, 2020, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping talks by video with patients and medical workers at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. Top Chinese officials secretly determined they were likely facing a pandemic from a novel coronavirus in mid-January, ordering preparations even as they downplayed it in public.
“This is tremendous,” said Zuo-Feng Zhang, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “If they took action six days earlier, there would have been much fewer patients and medical facilities would have been sufficient. We might have avoided the collapse of Wuhan’s medical system.”
But what is clear, experts say, is that China’s rigid controls on information, bureaucratic hurdles and a reluctance to send bad news up the chain of command muffled early warnings.broadcast on national television on Jan. 2, sent a chill through the city’s hospitals. “Allegations of a cover-up or lack of transparency in China are groundless,” said foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian at a Thursday press conference.The documents show that the head of China’s National Health Commission, Ma Xiaowei, laid out a grim assessment of the situation on Jan. 14 in a confidential teleconference with provincial health officials.
“With the coming of the Spring Festival, many people will be traveling, and the risk of transmission and spread is high,” the memo continued. “All localities must prepare for and respond to a pandemic.”
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
If China didn't suppress the news of coronavirus, thousands of people would probably still be alive.
That’s awful. It’s also awful that even with massive amounts of scientific and medical information about this virus we went ahead with Mardi Gras, marathons, etc.
They have a massive population so a few thousand dead Chinese won’t make a difference
Pure fake news
Really? Is that why the US death rate is 72 in a million, higher than HK, Singapore, S. korea and China?
Do America next.
much better than US which is still not preparing things for American people even after knowing the threat of the virus
China’s fault
realKyleOlbert The problem with China is people in China are under huge risk and now losing credibility in the West and other countries because China has no decision making government, China has a ruler Xi Jinping and he only makes the decision and state media start praising his bad decisions.
See how the coverage compares against other news outlets on Ground News XiJinping Coronavirus Pandemic Medical Politics
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NYC Governor and mayor were still promoting dining at restaurants and go on your normal life in March. 6 key days, give me a break. KingTrump
There's internal mails on Jan 15, to warn hospitals there's a pandemic, but perhaps for happy celebrations of Luna New Year, CCP didn't tell the people until Jan 20
Jaysus but you guys are determined to load the blame on a developing country that actually reacted far faster and more stringent than any of our western countries in tackling what was a brand new disease. Guess what folks - the Chinese don't have super powers any more than we do.
CassyOConnorMP How does a 6 day failure compare with Trump's effort, telling people to go to church at Easter after months of warning about the dangers of COVID-19?
Dumplings?
How’s that “miracle” of Covid 19 just disappearing working out for Trump?
The more details that come to light, the less this looks like an oopsie
When we reported the epidemic you were blocking our entry you wanted the freedom not to quarantine in your home and the contagion stopped and it was pathetic to blame us
CCP have Crimes against humanity
On 27 Feb, the WHO said “not appear to be widespread” which the message was from China So, who lies?
Ok. They did a lot of this through their new year, correct? Tell me the US wouldn’t have done the same thing? Keep it hush hush around Black Friday shopping and drop the health crisis bomb a week after Christmas? Um yeah, we knew but didn’t want to ruin the holidays or...money.
I am by and large pro-CCP in its reaction, but this work is right in that authoritarianism surpressed professionals in rescuring more lives. For Chinese who still regrad this article as anti-China, I think you need to calibrate your system of making judgments.
A whole week? Wow. We didn't do sh×t for months.
GreatDismal Sounds like US.
It's about time the world unites against the Chinese Communist Party.
GreatDismal Sounds like Trump.
GreatDismal So both peoples were betrayed by their governments?
GreatDismal Oh, like the US who didn't close beaches and hotels during spring break.
You are a shill. Consider yourself unfollowed, added to the list.
HelloTeamTrump You mean batquet?
what do you think of trump? he didn't warn american either
NadimKoteich الصين هم يأجوج و ماجوج علم من يعلم و جهل من يجهل و هم مفسدون فى الارض
21 million will not be forgotten
Yeah, and also remember those crazy Spring Break parties at the Yangtze beaches in February!
so if China alerted the public 5 days sooner u.s. would be prepared today? China did a great job. especially since they were first, and especially now that we can compare with the genocidal u.s. gov response.
How dare realDonaldTrump blame china. Right cnn & Acosta?
Trump had 6 or more weeks and waited until it was full blown, then down played the severity and much more. To this day he dismisses the severity, then raves everyone is lying, then commends the efforts--it's like a baby on crack.
johnsweeneyroar So much for a regime which treats its subjects in such a reckless and uncaring manner.
You mean you’re not blaming that on Trump? Amazing!
You forgot about the big and little marathons you held.
stupid fake
This is all China’s fault
Now do America
That was sad for Chinese people back that time.
Yeah well, here in America we got some shit to focus on as well.
Lack of information as well as muzzling of information is the major reason for this pandemic
Been saying it since 1991. Fuck China. Those were my first words.
This is plagiarism of US State Dept policy memos. Be careful. Pompeo is going to be pissed at AP for not giving his agency credit for this article.
Does this make the the AP racist? It seems as though they are questioning POC culture. Frankly, it's disgusting
ChinaLiedPeopleDied
Thanks CCP
All I can say is that Chinese goverment is extremely irresponsible & has a lot of blood on their hands. As for President Xi Jinping, he should be removed from office. China did the same thing with SARS. They delayed the truth from people & the world.
“Failed”. Ok.
The actions intended to uphold image of the Chinese Communist Party had soon become the cause of the most serious disgrace in this century. The delayed reporting has direct relations to the worldwide pandemic. The Chinese Government should be held accountable to this disaster
All you can eat bat wings.
I guess it’s always easier to blame China, since they didn’t have a good track record. And in hindsight, it’s always 20/20 vision. In the past, US had always played a key role in such matters. What have changed is not China. It’s the US. Trump has put America 1st, the World last.
No. Never hide issues of public health
Just six key days for a 'novel' virus. KingTrump wasted TWO KEY MONTHS for a known threat.
China knew on November 17. Didn’t tell the WHO until December 31. China has blood on its hands!
So what now? Maybe milliones of HIV infected persons outside U.S should blameAmerica didn't get a warn before they having sex?
Awful
Do you know the Spring Festival in China? I would like to ask what would happen if the virus happened in the United States at Christmas.
Without just linking to a long & dated story with loads of links... could you please, succinctly, quote evidence and sources one by one.
Trump didn’t warn American public for 6 key weeks
And trump held hate rallies...
Animals
Secrecy is nickname for China. Since there are wannabe leaders longing for the prestige that comes with their ways to run their people but, you can understand his complacency over China’s ways and means... A blind eye detrimental to U.S. interest, both domestic and international.
Don’t we have enough issues of our own that need our attention?
May the US and other countries should look at what they are doing?The world needs peace and cooperation,not pointing fingers at each other.
Well that wasn't very nice.
Murderer identified: China Communist regime CCPVirus
you said your mother's b?
The feast is nothing. They mute the doctors who sound the alarm. China owns compensations to the victims.
AP you are about a month late with this BS story. It was reported on the Q board and other twitter sources over a month ago. AP trying to play catch up now?
Am I the first to say it ..... Main dish: Wet bat. Too soon? F China for lying about COVID and devastating many lives.
6 key days? Really? the US wasted two key months and now focus on China's response to an unknown virus in Jan.? AP is pandering the King of the US now.
So AP is just now figuring out that ChinaLies ?
China needs to pay for the damage of COVID19 realDonaldTrump - The is only one man who can make them! COVID19
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