US authorities were allegedly warned by a Chinese pro-democracy activist that coronavirus was spreading in Wuhan in November 2019 - six weeks before China admitted there was an outbreak - a new Sky News Australia documentary will reveal.
Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy activist spoke to award-winning journalist Sharri Markson for a documentary titled, 'The former Chinese Communist Party insider said he alerted the intelligence agencies in the US in November 2019 but at that time, officials weren't"heavily concerned".
China only alerted the World Health Organisation there was an outbreak on December 31 2019 and denied it was contagious up until late January 2020. Asked who the politician was, Mr Wei replied:"I'm not sure if this politician wants me to talk about him right here. But I want to say he is a high enough politician, high enough to be able to reach the President of the United States."
"We could have known in November of 2019, that there was a disaster occurring inside Wuhan – inside their most important biological facilities related to coronavirus research," he said.
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