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blondebanshee

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Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:15 AM Apr 2020

ICYMI: US alerted Israel, NATO to disease outbreak in China in November -- report

Israeli officials said to have debated threat five months ago, before public was aware of coronavirus, but ‘nothing was done’ by Health Ministry
US intelligence agencies alerted Israel to the coronavirus outbreak in China already in November, Israeli television reported Thursday.

According to Channel 12 news, the US intelligence community became aware of the emerging disease in Wuhan in the second week of that month and drew up a classified document.
Information on the disease outbreak was not in the public domain at that stage — and was known only apparently to the Chinese government.
[link:https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-alerted-israel-nato-to-disease-outbreak-in-china-in-november-report|

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