China concealed crucial information about the novel coronavirus outbreak from the rest of the world and so should answer for its deceit, the former head of Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence service said on Wednesday.
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secret Intelligence Service chief John Sawers addresses a live televised gathering of academics, officials and editors in London October 28, 2010. REUTERS/Toby Melville
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would halt funding to the World Health Organization which he said had promoted China’s “disinformation” about the virus.
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