:*Health officials issued a document (pdf) forbidding all medical institutes or individuals from disclosing any information regarding the new disease.<ref>https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E5%81%9A%E5%A5%BD%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%8E%E5%8E%9F%E5%9B%A0%E8%82%BA%E7%82%8E%E6%95%91%E6%B2%BB%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E7%9A%84%E7%B4%A7%E6%80%A5%E9%80%9A%E7%9F%A5.pdf</ref>
*31 December - [[Taiwan]] reports the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak to the World Health Organization.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/20/who-taiwan-coronavirus-warning/</ref>
:*The [[leftwing]] [[Brookings Institute]] claims "China" reported outbreak to [[World Health Organization]].<ref>//www.brookings.edu/2020/04/02/the-early-days-of-a-global-pandemic-a-timeline-of-covid-19-spread-and-government-interventions/ /</ref> Brookings touts the Communist Party line that Taiwan is part of the [[People's Republic of China]].
*3 January 2020 - Doctors who posted warnings about the coronavirus on Chinese social media forced to plead guilty and sign confessions admitting to 'rumor-mongering' and 'distrubing the public order' by the Chinese communist Security Police.
*6-17 January. Wuhan authorities reported almost zero new cases of coronavirus.<ref>https://www.ntd.com/a-timeline-of-events-leading-up-to-the-coronavirus-outbreak-in-china_442592.html</ref>