The AP confirmed the contents with two other sources in public health familiar with the teleconference. The National Health Commission also distributed a 63-page set of instructions to provincial health officials, obtained by the AP. The instructions ordered health officials nationwide to identify suspected cases, hospitals to open fever clinics, and doctors and nurses to don protective gear. In the weeks after the severity of the epidemic became clear, some experts accused Wuhan officials of intentionally hiding cases. “A lot of people didn’t understand this.”As a result, top Chinese officials appear to have been left in the dark.

Source: Hindustan Times April 15, 2020 14:39 UTC