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Pompeo blasts China, Iran for response to virus outbreak

by AP Diplomatic Writer
| February 25, 2020 8:05 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday hit out at China and Iran for their response to the outbreak of coronavirus, accusing the two governments of censorship and of trying to cover up the severity of the spread of the deadly illness.

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