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Blinken Says China Let Virus Get ‘Out of Hand’

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized China’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in a Meet the Press interview, arguing that the country’s “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 didn’t do what it needed to do, which was to, in real time, give access to international experts, in real time to

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Yahoo News

Blinken: China's early 'failure' on Covid cooperation helped speed pandemic

“One result,” the secretary of state told Meet the Press, is that the virus "got out of hand faster and with, I think, much more egregious results than it might otherwise.”

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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USA Today

China 'didn't do what it needed to do' to halt pandemic, US official says; 40% of Marines decline vaccine: Latest COVID-19 updates

China's failure to provide access to international public health experts in the early stages of the pandemic fueled the global crisis. Antony Blinken says.

3 years ago·United States

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New York Post

Blinken blasts China over COVID response, treatment of Uighurs

Secretary of State Antony Blinken slammed China for its lack of transparency in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic and for its campaign of genocide against the Uighur population of Muslim…

3 years ago·New York, United States

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The Hill

Blinken: China 'didn't do what it needed to do' in early stages of pandemic

Secretary of State Antony Blinken blamed Beijing for not being forthright with global health experts about COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic.Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Blinken appear...

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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Washington Examiner

Blinken doesn’t say if he thinks China knows the true origins of COVID

Secretary of State Antony Blinken didn’t directly answer whether he believes the Chinese government knows the true origins of COVID-19 while he called out the Chinese government for a lack of transparency in the early days of the outbreak.

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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Business Insider

Blinken says China 'didn't do what it needed to do' in the early stages of the pandemic

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US needs to "fully understand what happened in order to have the best shot possible to prevent it from happening again."

3 years ago·United States

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