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Sceptics have questioned whether Chinese officials have tried to cover up the full extent of the outbreak. Photo: EPA-EFE
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China’s credibility on the line as it tries to dispels fears it will cover up spread of Wuhan virus

  • World watches to see if country has learned painful lessons from Sars outbreak as one former World Health Organisation official accuses officials of ‘lying from the start’ of the outbreak
  • Party’s law and order body warns officials that anyone who tries to hide the spread of the disease will be ‘nailed on the pillar of shame for eternity’
Topic |   China coronavirus outbreak
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William Zheng and Mimi Lau

Updated: 4:49pm, 22 Jan, 2020

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Sceptics have questioned whether Chinese officials have tried to cover up the full extent of the outbreak. Photo: EPA-EFE
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William Zheng

William Zheng

William Zheng is a veteran journalist who has served and led major Hong Kong and Singapore media organizations in his 20-year career, covering greater China. He is now deputy China Editor of the South China Morning Post.

Mimi Lau

Mimi Lau

Mimi Lau covers human rights, religion and civil society in China. She spent seven years in southern China as the Post's Guangzhou Correspondent before returning to Hong Kong in 2017. Today, Mimi continues to pursue stories across the country, monitoring and reporting on key political and civil issues. She has won numerous awards for her work.