China Hasn’t Given CDC Access to ‘Direct Data’ From Coronavirus Outbreak

A Chinese security guard takes the temperature of a couple as they enter a nearly empty commercial street in Beijing, China, on Feb. 12, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

The United States hasn’t received “direct data” from the outbreak of the new coronavirus from Chinese authorities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Feb. 12.

Chinese officials also haven’t allowed U.S. experts into the country to help investigate the outbreak, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters in a phone call.