German intelligence says China asked the WHO to help it cover up COVID-19 | The National Sentinel
Xi met with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on January 21 to request that he withhold information about human-to-human transition and delay the declaration of a global pandemic, according to German magazine Der Spiegel. The news comes amid rising sentiment that China should be held financially responsible for the pandemic.
Having an additional four-to-six weeks of preparation time could have meant the world avoided the pandemic altogether, according to a study published in early March.