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Leaked China document shows flawed pandemic response

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Published 1:04 PM

(KYMA, KECY, CNN)- An unprecedented leak of internal Chinese documents reveals how the country mishandled the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.

The documents - from Hubei province, the site of the world's first known outbreak - show China announced misleading numbers of new cases and deaths, was hampered by an average three-week delay in diagnosing new cases, and experienced a huge spike in influenza in the epicenter province in early December.

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