China did not give Americans access when it was needed the most in the beginning, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said, demanding answers and transparency from Beijing over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Pompeo also criticised the World Health Organization (WHO) for taking an awfully long time in declaring the COVID-19 a global pandemic. "The Chinese Communist Party didn't give Americans access when we needed it in that most timely point at the very beginning. There's still a lot that the US does not know, Pompeo said. We don't want to spend a single dollar from the American taxpayer for an organization that's not keeping Americans safe," Pompeo said.

Source: The Telegraph April 15, 2020 12:45 UTC