China denying and WHO parroting their denial that they had evidence of human-human transmission was almost a daily press release:
China lied to the world, denying it had evidence of human-to-human transmission of the Covid-19 corona virus long after it was known to Wuhan doctors and officials. The World Health Organization repeated China's lies, lending the lies credibility.December 21, 2019 - Cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan recognized;
https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/a3907201-f64f-4154-a19e-4253b453d10c (it was probably recognized earlier, but this is a documented date)
December 25, 2019 - Recognition of infection of hospital staff reported;
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/IzzCnz4Yr2jEIYZePiu_ow (Chinese language)
December 30, 2019 - Li Wenliang sent WeChat message to fellow doctors, warning to protect themselves from infection;
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30382-2/fulltextDecember 31, 2019 - Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no evidence of human-human transmission or infected medical staff;
https://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2019123108989 (Chinese language, second paragraph)
January 2, 2020 - 14 of 41 studied patients had no direct connection to the Huanan seafood market;
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltextJanuary 2, 2020 - A doctor in Wuhan advised her hospital to set up a special clinic normally used for patients who are infectious and could transmit their disease;
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/IzzCnz4Yr2jEIYZePiu_ow (Chinese language)
January 3, 2020 (China) - Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no evidence of human-human transmission or infected medical staff;
https://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020010309017 (Chinese language)
January 5, 2020 (China) - Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no evidence of human-human transmission or infected medical staff;
https://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020010509020 (Chinese language)
January 5, 2020 - WHO statement, “Based on the preliminary information from the Chinese investigation team, no evidence of significant human-to-human transmission and no health care worker infections have been reportedâ€;
https://www.who.int/csr/don/05-january-2020-pneumonia-of-unkown-cause-china/en/January 10, 2020 - WHO statement, "It is generally considered that entry screening offers little benefit" ... "From the currently available information, preliminary investigation suggests that there is no significant human-to-human transmission, and no infections among health care workers have occurred" and "WHO advises against the application of any travel or trade restrictions on China based on the information currently available on this event";
https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/who-advice-for-international-travel-and-trade-in-relation-to-the-outbreak-of-pneumonia-caused-by-a-new-coronavirus-in-chinaJanuary 11, 2020 (China) - Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no evidence of human-human transmission or infected medical staff;
https://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011109035 (Chinese language)
January 12, 2020 - WHO claimed, "At this stage, there is no infection among healthcare workers, and no clear evidence of human to human transmission";
https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/January 13, 2020 - WHO claimed "there has been no suggestion of human to human transmission of this new coronavirus";
https://www.who.int/thailand/news/detail/13-01-2020-thailand-responding-to-the-novel-coronavirusJanuary 14, 2020 - Head of China’s National Health Commission, Ma Xiaowei, gave an assessment of the situation in a confidential teleconference with provincial health officials; according to a memo obtained by AP, he commented to the effect that "clustered cases suggest that human-to-human transmission is possible";
https://apnews.com/68a9e1b91de4ffc166acd6012d82c2f9January 14, 2020 (China) - Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no cases among related contacts;
https://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011409039 (Chinese language)
January 14, 2020 - WHO claimed "there is no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission";
https://www.who.int/csr/don/14-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-thailand-ex-china/en/January 14, 2020 - WHO claimed no evidence of human to human transmission of corona virus;
https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152 , "World Health Organization (WHO)
@WHO
Jan 14
Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China."
January 15, 2020 (China) - Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed, "Existing investigative results indicate no clear evidence of person-to-person transmission. We cannot rule out the possibility of limited person-to-person transmission, but the risk of sustained person-to-person transmission is low";
https://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011509040 ,
https://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/xwzx_28/gsgg/202004/t20200430_1199594.shtml (Chinese language)
January 15, 2020 - WHO Western Pacific Tweeted, "According to the latest information we have, there is no clear evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission and there are no infections reported among health care workers.";
https://twitter.com/WHOWPRO/status/1217646741677166593January 17, 2020 (China) - Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no cases among related contacts;
https://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011809064 (Chinese language)
January 19, 2020 - China and WHO claim that how the virus is transmitted is unknown;
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51168333January 19/20, 2020 (China) - Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no cases among related contacts; 2020,
https://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020012009077 (Chinese language)
January 20, 2020 - First acknowledgement by China and WHO of human-human transmission of coronavirus;
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/human-human-transmission-coronavirus-reported-china/story?id=68403105 ,
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-early-signs-of-the-coronavirus-were-spotted-spread-and-throttled-in-chinaJanuary 22, 2020 - Head of Chinese National Health Commission’s High-Level Expert Group, Dr. Zhong Nanshan, publicly confirms for the first time that the novel coronavirus is being transmitted from person to person and that medical personnel have been infected;
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/human-human-transmission-coronavirus-reported-china/story?id=68403105January 22, 2020 - WHO delegation reported human-human transmission had happened (January 20-21), announced by WHO;
https://www.who.int/china/news/detail/22-01-2020-field-visit-wuhan-china-jan-2020For nearly three weeks China lied, delaying outside countries' proper preparation for what came to be known as Covid-19.