Chinese media accused the US of hiding the first cases of COVID-19

The first cases of CORONAVIRUS infection occurred in the United States earlier than in Wuhan, in December 2019, according to the Chinese tabloid The Global Times, an English-language newspaper of the People's Daily of the Communist Party of CHINA.

In particular, the authors of the article refer to the publication of the American edition of The Palm Beach, which said that in December 2019 or January 2020, 26 people infected with coronavirus were identified in Florida, eight of whom did not travel and did not come into contact with other patients with covid-19 .

The authors add that Florida authorities deleted data on 171 patients in May. it was about the first cases of COVID-19 in the region.

The Palm Beach Post wrote about the deletion of data on 171 patients in Florida in May. The publication said that these patients had the first symptoms of coronavirus and positive test results appeared in January and February - before the first information about infected COVID-19 in the country appeared. The authors, citing records from the Ministry of HEALTH, pointed out that the first symptoms appeared on January 1, when it was believed that the disease was spreading only in China.