By Lizzie Day • Published: 01 Apr 2020 • 23:53
China’s death toll figures are fake, according to White House intelligence.
US officials claim China’s government is deliberately covering up statistics and and vital information.
A classified document drawn up by the intelligence community detailing these alleged findings was presented to the White House last week, one of the officials told Bloomberg News.
The epicentre of the outbreak was Wuhan in the Hubei province of China at the end of 2019.
But as of Wednesday, China has officially reported 82,361 infections and 3,293 fatatlities – less than the US, Spain and Spain.
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