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'We Alerted The World' To Coronavirus On Jan. 5, WHO Says In Response To U.S.

NPR | By Bill Chappell
Published April 15, 2020 at 1:29 PM MDT

President Trump said the health agency delayed raising the alarm on the threat from the new coronavirus. A WHO expert says that in early January, the World Health Organization "was very, very clear."

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