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Source: PoliticalWire
April 11, 2021 at 9:21 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized Chinas handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in a Meet the Press interview, arguing that the countrys failure to cooperate in the early stages of the virus led to the situation getting out of hand.
Said Blinken: I think China knows that in the early stages of Covid, it didnt do what it needed to do, which was to, in real time, give access to international experts, in real time to share information, in real time to provide real transparency.
He added: One result of that failure is that the virus got out of hand faster and with, I think, much more egregious results than it might otherwise.
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