It became known about a few warnings about Trump’s coronavirus.

US intelligence has warned US President Donald Trump about the dangers of coronavirus more than a dozen times. This became known to the newspaper The Washington Post.

According to current and former officials talking to the publication, intelligence warned during January and February of the spread of coronavirus in the United States, and also claimed that Chinese officials concealed the extent of the virus and the death toll from it.

As noted by the interlocutors of the publication, Trump did not take these warnings seriously. In particular, he refused to form a White House coronavirus target group. In addition, Matthew Pottinger, deputy national security adviser, called for a halt to flights with Europe back in February. However, Trump took such a step only in May.

U.S. media also reported that U.S. intelligence agencies began collecting information on a new type of coronavirus in China back in November. According to sources, this information was reported to Trump in early January. However, the president himself said that he learned about the severity of the coronavirus only shortly before the United States introduced restrictions on travel to China, which entered into force on February 2.

In early April, US intelligence submitted a secret report to the White House stating that China was hiding the true extent of the country’s coronavirus epidemic. In particular, Beijing was suspected of underestimating both the total number of cases of infection and the number of deaths from infection. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has publicly called on China and other countries to be transparent regarding coronavirus statistics. Trump, in turn, promised to hold China accountable and put forward financial claims.