China's Top Leaders Gave Secret Orders in Early Stages of Virus Outbreak: Documents

The Chinese regime was aware of the severity of COVID-19 during the early stages of the Wuhan outbreak but did not alert the public, according to a series of government documents recently obtained by The Epoch Times from a trusted source.

The leaked documents indicate that the top leadership secretly ordered the National Health Commission and regional governments to deal with the outbreak while keeping the public in the dark about the health crisis.

Wang's speech indicated that the National Health Commission held a nationwide teleconference on epidemic prevention and control on Jan. 14, during which Ma Xiaowei, the head of the commission, conveyed direct orders from Chinese Leader Xi Jinping and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

Although the document didn't fully detail the orders from Xi and Li, the high-level meeting shows that Chinese authorities were fully aware of the severity of the outbreak.

Wang advised authorities in Guangxi to "Be more politically aware of the extreme severity and urgency of the virus outbreak" as he conveyed the directives from Xi and Li. The document made it clear that "National security should be placed above anything else." It stated that if any institution or individual planned to collect or examine epidemic-related specimens, they must first obtain permission from the local health commission.

The publication obtained another document, dated Jan. 15, 2020, issued by the National Health Commission to all provinces in China.

China affairs commentator Li Linyi believes that the CCP had made preparations on all fronts in advance, while the people in the mainland weren't told about the health crisis.

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