The Chinese Communist Party was still refusing to allow American experts into the country to help study and respond to the new coronavirus outbreak, a top American health official said on Feb. 3, but China later in the day finally accepted help from the United States after roughly a week.
“We have folks ready to go to China as soon as that offer is finalized. I understand that there still are negotiations in process on that. And really, we’re waiting. As soon as we are allowed to go, we will be there,” Nancy Messonnier, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters on a phone call on Monday morning.
