Secretary of State Mike Pompeo put the People's Republic of China on blast over its initial response to the COVID-19 outbreak during a news briefing Tuesday.

"We know this much: We know that the first government to be aware of the Wuhan virus was the Chinese government," Pompeo said. "That imposes a special responsibility to raise the flag, to say, 'We have a problem, this is different and unique and presents risk.'

Pompeo defies media PC police, blasts communists themselves for Chinese virus - WND
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Pompeo defies media PC police, blasts communists themselves for Chinese virus - WND

Pompeo also accused the Chinese government of waging a disinformation campaign 'to shift responsibility' for the spread of the coronavirus.