Pompeo Says China Still Withholding Coronavirus Information

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on “Trump administration policies on Iran, Iraq and use of force” on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2020. Carlos Barria/Reuters

WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sharpened on March 24 his criticism of China’s handling of a coronavirus pandemic, saying its ruling Communist Party was still denying the world information needed to prevent further cases.

Pompeo had repeated previous charges that Beijing’s delay in sharing information about the virus had created risks to people worldwide that had “truly put thousands of lives at risk.”