It's "unfortunate" that China covered up cases of the novel coronavirus when the disease was in its early stages, according to Labor senator Kimberley Kitching. Early data from from the province of Wuhan has indicated the disease may have been known to Chinese authorities authorities as early as October 2019.
Senator Kitching told Sky News authorities could have handled this outbreak better if they had known about the novel pathogen earlier.
"We could have had a better response much earlier," she said.
"I think it's unfortunate China tried to cover it up."
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