Coronavirus: Chinese virologist says outbreak WAS covered up

A respected Chinese virologist has claimed that the Chinese government covered up the coronavirus outbreak and says she has been forced to flee Honk Kong because she 'knows how they treat whistleblowers'. Dr. Li-Meng Yan, who specialised in virology and immunology at the Hong Kong School of Public Health, has claimed that Beijing knew about the novel coronavirus well before it claims. In an interview with Fox News Dr. Li-Meng Yan who specialised in virology and immunology at the Hong Kong School of Public Health has claimed that Beijing authorities covered up the coronavirus in the early stages of the outbreak Yan says she was one of the first scientists to study the coronavirus that would become known as Covid-19, and claims at the end of December 2019 she was asked by her supervisor at the University - Dr. Leo Poon - to look into an odd cluster of SARS-like cases in mainland China. Scientists believe the virus may have originated in bats, then was transmitted through another mammal such such as a civet cat or an armadillo-like pangolin before being passed on to people at a fresh food market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year However, some of her sources did tell her that the number of human-to-human transmissions were rising exponentially, but when she reported further findings to her supervisor, she says she was told 'to keep silent, and be careful.' WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, pictured above speaking during this year's World Health Assembly in Geneva, has been hammered by the U.S. for praising China's transparency in the early stages of the outbreak, while others have criticised the country for not sharing enough data to assess how effectively the virus spread between people Both China and the WHO have strongly denied the claims of a cover-up, while the WHO has denied ever working with Yan, her supervisor Poon or Professor Peiris, claiming in a statement that while Peiris is an expert who has been on missions and expert groups, he is not a staff member and does not represent the WHO.