Lawmakers claim Beijing misled the world on its number of infections and deaths. FMTNews Covid19 China US
WASHINGTON: The United States has accused China of lying about the extent of its deadly coronavirus outbreak, according to American lawmakers who on Wednesday cited an intelligence report presented to the White House.
China’s reporting has been intentionally incomplete, with some intelligence officials describing Beijing’s numbers as fake, reported Bloomberg, which highlighted the classified intelligence document sent to the White House last week. That compares to 206,207 cases and 4,542 deaths in the United States, the country with the world’s largest reported outbreak.“The claim that the United States has more coronavirus deaths than China is false,” Sasse said in a statement.
In a statement responding to the report, Michael McCaul, top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said China is “not a trustworthy partner” in the fight against Covid-19.
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