White House officials expressed skepticism over the news about the Chinese pneumonia epidemic, declaring it "a little disappointed" to Beijing.

A senior US official said on February 13 that he was not very confident about the China-supplied nCoV data, saying "Beijing continues to reject offers from the United States". CNBC.

Speaking to reporters in Washington on February 13, US National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said he was "a little disappointed" because of China's "lack of transparency" in publishing relevant figures. to Covid-19 pneumonia.

"We are a little disappointed in China's lack of transparency, these numbers are leaping, causing some surprises," Kudlow said, adding that the Trump administration was also disappointed when Beijing did not accept the issue. Washington Convention, sending a team of CDC experts to assist China in disease prevention.

The statement was made by Kudlow after Hubei on February 13 announced a change in the statistical method of nCoV infections. Accordingly, those diagnosed with viral infections will be counted in the number of new infections, making the number of new infections reported by this province 10 times larger than the previous day and is the largest increase. in the day since the outbreak.

However, during the radio show "Roadkill" by veteran journalist Geraldo Rivera on February 13, US President Trump praised the Chinese government's Covid-19 response. When asked whether Beijing was telling the truth about nCoV, Trump replied, "You can't know that. I think they want to show the best."

The Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan since December, has appeared in 26 countries and territories. There are 64,434 cases worldwide, 1,383 deaths and 6,766 people cured. Three deaths recorded outside of mainland China were a Wuhan man in the Philippines, a man in Hong Kong and an old lady in her 80s in Japan.

China yesterday dismissed the party secretary of Hubei Chiang Liang Liang and appointed Shanghai mayor Ung Dung instead. Mr. Jiang was Hubei's top official who lost his job since the outbreak.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday detected another case of nCoV infection, a returning citizen from Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, China, the center of the Covid-19 epidemic, lifting The total number of infections in this country is 15. Texas became the seventh state in the US to have patients with Covid-19.

Countries with patients infected with corona virus. Click on image to see details.