Health Minister Needs to Be More Thoughtful When Commenting on China, Says Expert

Health Minister Needs to Be More Thoughtful When Commenting on China, Says Expert
Minister of Health Patty Hajdu speaks at a news conference in Ottawa on April 3, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Health Minister Patty Hajdu needs to be more “careful and thoughtful” when it comes to answering questions related to China’s concealment of the true extent of the COVID-19 outbreak, says a Northeast Asia intelligence and security expert.

“Beijing has been working in overdrive in recent weeks to alter the narrative on the rapidly evolving crisis linked to the spread of COVID-19 around the world,” said Jonathan Miller, a senior fellow with Macdonald-Laurier Institute.