The secretary of state again accused both nations of covering up the scale of the outbreak and putting lives at risk in the process.
The administration has also refused toChinese and Iranian officials have been accused of covering up the scale of the coronavirus outbreak in their nations. They have also engaged inand spread disinformation suggesting that the U.S. was to blame for the pandemic.
"I think the people in those countries know this," he added."I think the people in those countries will ultimately hold their leaders responsible for this. And I think this, too, is why this disinformation campaign is taking place. They want to try and deflect responsibility from the poor decisions that those leaders undertook.
But China and Iran have accused Trump, Pompeo and other senior administration figures of using the same playbook to deflect criticism of their own mishandling of the crisis.
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