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China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO

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China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO

Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic map of the virus “immediately,” and said its work and commitment to transparency were “very impressive, and beyond words.”

But behind the scenes, it was a much different story, one of significant delays by China and considerable frustration among WHO officials over not getting the information they needed to fight the spread of the deadly virus, The Associated Press has found.

Despite the plaudits, China in fact sat on releasing the genetic map, or genome, of the virus for more than a week after three different government labs had fully decoded the information. Tight controls on information and competition within the Chinese public health system were to blame, according to dozens of interviews and internal documents.
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Once again, President Trump was right about China and WHO. And now it's all coming out into the sunlight.
 
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China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO.
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Why are you asking us Who is frustrated? All I know is that Who is on first.
 
Good night is the W.H.O. ever feckless.
 
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