Officials in Beijing knew that the CCP virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, was spreading among people by late December of last year but chose not to publicly announce the risk of human-to-human transmission until weeks later, a newly released scientific paper reveals.
Three researchers, including two from the School of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, revealed their findings in a preprint study, drawing their data mostly from the Chinese government and media reports. They concluded that Beijing delayed for at least three weeks before deciding to publicly acknowledge that the virus was contagious on Jan. 20.
