U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar assaulted China’s response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday and said that if such a flare-up had risen in Taiwan or the United States it could have been “snuffed out easily”.

The Trump organization has more than once scrutinized Beijing for attempting to conceal the virus flare-up, first recognized in the central Chinese city of Wuhan toward the end of last year, and lying on data sharing. China furiously denies the allegations.

“The Chinese Communist Party had the chance to warn the world and work with the world on battling the virus. But they chose not to, and the costs of that choice mount higher every day,” Azar said in Taipei, capital of self-ruled Taiwan, an island China claims as its own.

As the infection developed, China didn’t satisfy its “binding” universal commitments in a selling out of the agreeable soul required for worldwide wellbeing, he included, wearing a face veil as he has accomplished for all his public events in Taiwan.

“I believe it is no exaggeration to say that if this virus had emerged in a place like Taiwan or the United States, it might have been snuffed out easily: rapidly reported to public health authorities, who would have shared what they knew with health professionals and with the general public,” Azar said.

“Instead, Beijing appears to have resisted information sharing, muzzling doctors who spoke out and hobbling the world’s ability to respond.”

The United States has the highest number of coronavirus diseases and passings on the planet and President Donald Trump has gone under blistering assault from pundits at home for not accepting what he calls the “China virus” genuinely enough.

Taiwan has been applauded by wellbeing specialists for its initial and viable strides to control the episode, with just 480 contaminations, including seven passings.

Azar showed up in Taiwan on Sunday as the most elevated level U.S. authority to visit in four decades, an outing denounced by China.

China looks at Taiwan as a breakaway region and has pledged to bring it under its standard, forcibly if essential.

Chinese contender planes on Monday quickly crossed the middle line of the touchy Taiwan Strait, and were followed by Taiwanese enemy of airplane rockets, some portion of what Taipei sees as an example of provocation by Beijing.

Washington severed authority attaches with Taipei in 1979 for Beijing however is as yet Taiwan’s greatest arms provider. The Trump organization has made reinforcing its help for the majority rule island a need as relations with China acrid over issues including human rights, the pandemic, Hong Kong and trade.

Azar said the world ought to perceive Taiwan’s wellbeing achievements and do whatever it takes not to push it out, highlighting Taiwan’s prohibition from the World Health Organization because of Chinese complaints.

“This behaviour is in keeping with Beijing’s approach to WHO and other international organisations. The influence of the PRC (People’s Republic of China) far outweighs its investment in this public health institution – and it uses influence not to advance public health objectives, but its own narrow political interests.”

Both China and the WHO state Taiwan has been given the assistance it needs during the pandemic, which Taiwan questions.