China’s Senior Health Officials Struggle to Answer Questions about Coronavirus, as Another City is Under Full Lockdown

Tang Zhihong, chief of Huanggang health commission, is keeping silent when Beijing experts asked her the epidemic status in Huanggang, China on Jan. 29, 2020. Screenshot

Several Chinese officials recently had media interview mishaps in which their lack of knowledge about measures to contain the coronavirus was on full display.

The outbreak was first reported by Chinese authorities on Dec. 31, 2019, but the disease first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in early December. Wuhan is the capital of Hubei Province.