National Security Adviser: China ‘Covered Up’ Coronavirus, Hurt Response

National Security Adviser: China ‘Covered Up’ Coronavirus, Hurt Response:

China’s government initially “covered up” the new coronavirus and delayed global response to the disease by at least two months, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said Wednesday. O’Brien’s remarks come as the communist Chinese government has tried to deny the disease’s origins in the city of Wuhan and pushed internet rumors that the United States created it. “This virus did not originate in the United States. It originated in the Wuhan, in the Hubei province in China,” O’Brien said in an appearance at The Heritage Foundation. “It originated some time ago. Unfortunately, rather than using best practices, this outbreak in Wuhan was covered up.”