China hid Covid-19 severity to hoard medical supplies says intelligence report

The US intelligence documents show that US officials are of the view that China purposely downplayed Covid-19 outbreak in order to stock up on medical supplies. The analysis also show that in Jan China delayed reporting the Covid-19 contagion to WHO so they could import PPE. The report’s conclusions were based on the 95% probability that China’s changes in imports and export behavior abnormal.