US senators and staff listen to Robert Redfield, director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, as he speaks remotely during a Senate committee hearing. Photo: Reuters US senators and staff listen to Robert Redfield, director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, as he speaks remotely during a Senate committee hearing. Photo: Reuters
US senators and staff listen to Robert Redfield, director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, as he speaks remotely during a Senate committee hearing. Photo: Reuters
China /  Diplomacy

US CDC had ‘very good interaction’ with China after coronavirus outbreak, says director Robert Redfield

  • Top US health official says colleagues connected with Beijing two days after Chinese health authorities first notified WHO of ‘a cluster of cases of pneumonia’
  • Discussions took place ‘at a scientific level’ as early as January 2, Redfield testifies to US lawmakers

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Robert Delaney
Robert Delaney

Updated: 11:27pm, 13 May, 2020

Why you can trust SCMP
US senators and staff listen to Robert Redfield, director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, as he speaks remotely during a Senate committee hearing. Photo: Reuters US senators and staff listen to Robert Redfield, director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, as he speaks remotely during a Senate committee hearing. Photo: Reuters
US senators and staff listen to Robert Redfield, director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, as he speaks remotely during a Senate committee hearing. Photo: Reuters
READ FULL ARTICLE