World Health Organization bosses secretly criticised China for failing to share information about coronavirus in the early days of the pandemic, leaked recordings apparently show.
The secret audio files claim to capture an official who is in charge of WHO's response to the virus complaining to his colleagues that China was not being open with its data.
In the tape, Dr Mike Ryan is heard comparing the pandemic to the SARS outbreak in 2003 when China was accused of covering up information which allowed the virus to spread worldwide.
A man with a very similar voice to Dr Ryan can be heard saying: "This is exactly the same scenario". He also says: "[We were] endlessly trying to get updates from China...