The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak has killed at least 259 people and infected close to 12,000 people globally, as it continues to spread beyond China. Follow the latest updates:
Analysis from CNN's James Griffiths
World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on January 28, 2020. As the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread around China and the world, many are questioning how much the country's colossal censorship apparatus played a role in withholding vital information about the epidemic until it was too late.After the first cases emerged in December, Chinese authorities downplayed the severity of the virus, police went after"rumormongers," and censors deleted anything that questioned the official line.
But as the crisis has worsened, it has become clear that the failure to take quick action likely undermined any chance of containing the virus.Censorship has lessened somewhat in the face of intense public anger and scrutiny, allowing Chinese media to swarm Wuhan and blow holes in parts of the official line.
"If the public listened to this 'rumor' at the time, and adopted measures such as wearing masks, strict disinfection and avoiding going to the wildlife market , this might have helped prevent and control the virus' spread today," the Supreme Court commentary said.
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