The CIA reportedly believes that China attempted to prevent the World Health Organization from declaring a global health emergency during the beginning stages fo the coronavirus pandemic in January.

FILE – A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China’s Hubei province, Feb. 3, 2021.

The World Health Organization has repeatedly urged China to provide additional data, but Beijing insists that all available information has already been shared.