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Michael Gove has suggested China was to blame for the Government's slow response and the lack of mass testing for coronavirus in the UK. <br>Chinese secrecy slowed the UK's response to the coronavirus crisis, Michael Gove swiped today.<br>The Cabinet minister said although the first case was identified before Christmas, the communist state had not been 'clear about the scale, the nature, the infectiousness'.<br>The dig came amid mounting criticism of the government's approach, including delays in ramping up testing. <br>The Mail on Sunday revealed today that ministers and officials are furious about China's campaign of misinformation, attempts to exploit the pandemic for economic gain and animal rights record.<br>There are even [http://www.bing.com/search?q=Cabinet%20calls&form=MSNNWS&mkt=en-us&pq=Cabinet%20calls Cabinet calls] to reverse the decision to let Huawei build large parts of the new 5G telecoms network. <br>Told on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that ministers had known about the coronavirus threat since before Christmas, Mr Gove said: 'We have been increasingly the number of tests over the last month. <br>'It was the case that the first case of coronavirus was established in December last year.<br>'But it was also the case that some of the reporting from China was not clear about the scale, the nature, the infectiousness of this.'<br>Mr Gove said the government had 'always followed the scientific advice', pointing out it had published much of the information it been given by experts.<br>He announced that the UK tested 10,000 people for coronavirus yesterday for the first time. <br>But he declined to give a timescale for  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-huu-nghi-quan-nam-ninh-que-lam-4-ngay.html Tour Quế Lâm từ Hà Nội] when all frontline [/news/nhs/index.html NHS] staff will get access to checks - after small-scale trials were launched, with just 800 a day expected initially. <br>There is also still no clear idea when the UK will be conducting the 25,000 tests a day promised by Boris Johnson.<br>                Ministers and senior Downing Street officials has warned there will be a ‘reckoning' with China over its handling of the coronavirus outbreak.<br><br>PIctured is a Wuhan railway station as inbound train services resumed yesterday<br>         Michael Gove swiped that China had not been 'clear about the scale,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-huu-nghi-quan-nam-ninh-que-lam-4-ngay.html Tour Quế Lâm] the nature,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-huu-nghi-quan-nam-ninh-que-lam-4-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] the infectiousness' of coronavirus<br>   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# 2] [# Next]     [/health/article-8118911/Who-ask-help-coronavirus-symptoms-strike.html  Who should you ask for help if coronavirus symptoms strike?...] [/news/article-8163161/Harry-Meghan-ask-Trump-special-help-Canada-bids-security-costs-farewell.html  Will Harry and Meghan get US-taxpayer funded Secret Service...]   [/news/article-8162347/Harry-Meghan-left-Canada-did-not-want-pay-tax-two-countries.html  Revealed: Harry and Meghan 'left Vancouver Island for LA...]    <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-aa80c0e0-71b7-11ea-9607-a3714da74c20" website secrecy slowed UK&apos;s response to coronavirus, swipes Michael Gove