Health minister Abdelatif Mekki firmly denied the appearance of COVID-19 pandemic in January without the authorities notice.
The comment comes after medical sources said that the virus appeared in late December and reached its peak in January 2020.
In an interview with Al Araby, he stressed that he never heard any doctor saying such statements, he added that if it proved to be true then its an irresponsible act and without evidence its turn to merely slanders.
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