China News: Chinese scientist identified Covid-19 weeks before official disclosure. Genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was uploaded by a Chinese researcher in Beijing two weeks before its official public release. Concerns regarding the transparency and response timing of China during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Wall Street Journal reports that a Chinese lab sequenced the coronavirus in December 2019. The Chinese government did not reveal details for another 2 weeks, raising further questions about information transparency in the early days of the pandemic.
Chinese laboratory scientists discovered and charted the virus responsible for COVID-19 in late 2019, preceding Beijing's public release of information by weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported.