The WHO changed its coronavirus timeline to say it got its first report about the virus on the internet, not from Chinese authorities

Get the Full StoryThe World Health Organization changed its coronavirus timeline to say that its China office first found out about the novel coronavirus from local reports on the "viral pneumonia," rather than from Chinese officials.

The revision, published June 30, comes as multiple reports found that China withheld key information about the coronavirus outbreak from the public and the WHO for several days.

For months, China has been accused of covering up its knowledge of the coronavirus in its early days, and the WHO of helping it do so. Both sides have repeatedly refuted these accusations.

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The World Health Organization changed its coronavirus timeline to say it first heard about the coronavirus from a press release online, rather than a report from Chinese authorities.

In the revision, published June 30, the WHO said that on December 31, 2019, "WHO's Country Office in the People's Republic of China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission from their website on cases of 'viral pneumonia' in Wuhan, People's Republic of China."See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Inside London during COVID-19 lockdownSee Also:A Kansas newspaper published a cartoon likening the state governor's compulsory face-mask order to the HolocaustMichael Cohen may have violated the terms of his prison release by eating out at a restaurant in ManhattanNative American protesters blocked the road leading up to Mount Rushmore and faced off with the National Guard in the hours before Trump's fiery speech

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