FILE - In this March 2, 2020 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, respiratory specialist Zhong Nanshan attends an oath-taking ceremony via video connections for two new probationary Communist Party members in Wuhan to take the oath of joining the Communist Party of China, in Guangzhou, southern China's Guangdong Province. On Jan. 20, Zhong declared publicly for the first time that the new virus was spreading between people. Chinese President Xi Jinping called for the “timely publication of epidemic information and deepening of international cooperation.”Despite that directive, WHO staff still struggled to obtain enough detailed patient data from China about the rapidly evolving outbreak. (Deng Hua/Xinhua via AP)
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