Republican senator: China ‘lying to the world’ about coronavirus outbreak

Published February 22, 2020 3:04pm ET



As the coronavirus death toll surpasses 2,000 people worldwide, one senator is warning about the lack of transparency from Chinese officials regarding the mystery illness.

Sen. Tom Cotton, who has repeatedly chastised the Chinese Communist Party for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, said, “I have very low confidence in the state of Chinese politics because their government is still lying to the world about this deadly matter,” during an interview Friday on Fox News.

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