China officials knew of coronavirus in December, ordered cover-up, report says

[mystery-ak]

 China officials knew of coronavirus in December, ordered cover-up, report says

By Sara Dorn

February 29, 2020 | 3:45pm |

Chinese scientists knew about the coronavirus and its deadly effects as early as December — but were ordered by government officials to suppress the evidence, according to a report.

In late December, several genomics companies tested samples from sick patients in Wuhan — the center of the coronavirus outbreak — and noticed alarming similarities between their illnesses and the 2002 SARS virus, the Sunday Times of London reported, citing Chinese business news site Caixin Global.

The researchers alerted Beijing of their findings — and on Jan. 3, received a gag order from China’s National Health Commission, with instructions to destroy the samples.

Rather than hunkering down to contain the virus, Wuhan officials went ahead with their annual potluck dinner for 40,000 families.

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[DB]

And why would they do that?

One possible answer is it was done to minimize any connection to the bio lab in that very same city and they suspected it was the source. That would be a major disaster to the communist party if it got out - possibly to the point of toppling them.

[truth_seeker]

I want to hear about the spread, to Iran, So. Korea, Italy etc.

And I want to hear, from American ( scientists and doctors and Taiwanese, Hong Kong, Singapore) , based on information from China.