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And when Trump was ridiculed by the Democrats for suggesting to close down travel with China... as the WHO was initially saying the COVID-19 virus was not contagious....

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Original source:
Nach Erkenntnissen des BND drängte China die Weltgesundheitsorganisation sogar dazu, eine weltweite Warnung zu verzögern. Am 21. Januar habe Chinas Staatschef Xi Jinping bei einem Telefonat mit WHO-Chef Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gebeten, Informationen über eine Mensch-zu-Mensch-Übertragung zurückzuhalten und eine Pandemiewarnung zu verschleppen. Die WHO habe eine Woche lang stillgehalten.

English translation:
According to the BND , China has even urged the World Health Organization to delay a global warning. On January 21, China's head of state Xi Jinping during a phone call with WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asked to withhold information about a person-to-person transmission and to postpone a pandemic warning. The WHO was silent for a week.