WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the coronavirus statistics China was reporting seemed “a little bit on the light side,” while his national security adviser said Washington had no way of knowing if Beijing’s figures were accurate.
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus response briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room as seen through a window from outside the White House in Washington, U.S., April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
The comments came after a senior Republican lawmaker cast doubt on Beijing’s data and Bloomberg News said a classified U.S. intelligence report had concluded that China had under-reported the total cases and deaths it had suffered.
The coronavirus outbreak began in China in late 2019 but Beijing has reported fewer cases and deaths than in the United States, which now has the world’s largest outbr