Blinken Urges China to Come Clean on Pandemic

Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses reporters during his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington on Jan. 27, 2021. Carlos Barria/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized China for its continued failure to be transparent about COVID-19, in a recent interview with BBC World News.

“It requires countries to be transparent; it requires them to share information; it requires them to give access to international experts at the beginning of an outbreak—things that, unfortunately, we haven’t seen from China,” Blinken said.