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China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO

By The Associated Press
Throughout January, the World Health Organization pu-
blicly praised China for what it called a speedy response
to the new coronavirus and thanked the Chinese go-
vernment for sharing the genetic map of the virus “im-
mediately.”
But in fact, Chinese officials sat on releasing the genetic
map, or genome, of the deadly virus for over a week
after multiple government labs had fully decoded it, not
sharing details key to designing tests, drugs and vac-
cines. Strict controls on information and competition
within the Chinese public health system were largely to
blame, The Associated Press has found from internal do-
cuments, emails and dozens of interviews.
Health officials only released the genome after a Chi-
nese lab published it ahead of authorities on a virology
website on Jan 11. Even then, China stalled for at least
two weeks more on giving WHO the details it needed,
according to recordings of multiple internal meetings
held by the U.N. health agency in January — all at a In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 file photo, Dr. Gauden Galea, the World Health Organization repre-
time when the outbreak arguably might have been dra- sentative in China, speaks during an interview at the WHO offices in Beijing.
matically slowed. Associated Press
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