Pompeo renews criticism of China over coronavirus outbreak
US secretary of state urges China to allow international inspections of its sensitive laboratories
22 April 2020 - 23:26
Washington — US secretary of state Mike Pompeo hit out at Beijing again on Wednesday over the coronavirus outbreak and accused it of taking advantage of the pandemic to bully its neighbours, even as he welcomed China's provision of essential medical supplies.
Speaking at a state department news conference, Pompeo said Beijing had failed to report the outbreak in a timely manner and failed to report human-to-human transmission of the virus “for a month until it was in every province inside of China”...
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