China fires back at US allegations of lack of transparency over COVID-19 probe

BEIJING: China fired back on Sunday (Feb 14) at the US over allegations from the White House that Beijing withheld some information about the coronavirus outbreak from World Health Organization investigators. In a statement on Friday, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Washington had "deep concerns about the way in which the early findings of the COVID-19 investigation were communicated and questions about the process used to reach them”. "It is imperative that this report be independent, with expert findings free from intervention or alteration by the Chinese government,” he said, referring to the WHO mission investigating the…