Sec. Mike Pompeo accuses the governments of China and Iran of censoring information about the outbreaks in their countries and putting the rest of the world at greater risk of its spread.
and Iran of censoring information about the outbreaks in their countries and putting the rest of the world at greater risk of its spread.
The flow of accurate information out of China, he added, is critical to assisting not just the Chinese people, but also"citizens across the world." He called on all governments to"tell the truth about coronavirus and cooperate with international aid organizations."Testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Azar said the administration is also uncertain if the data provided by China on the novel coronavirus outbreak has been full and transparent.
But officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday that the most recent data suggests another level of virus spread globally, with cases identified in more countries now and another level of virus spread. The various answers vexed Republican Sen. John Kennedy, who told Wolf his"numbers aren't the same as the CDC's. ... Don't you think you oughta contact them?"Trump's administration has requested $2.5 billion from Congress for emergency supplemental funds to combat COVID-19, the virus's formal name. That funding would come from a $1.
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