China communists 'will pay price' for hurting US economy: Pompeo

Pompeo said there will be a time to make sure that "we get this right" and to make sure that the US is not dependent on China for its pharmaceutical goods

China's Communist Party will pray the price not sharing information they had about the coronavirus pandemic and thus causing a "huge challenge" for economies, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.

China has come under increasing pressure from nations across the world, including the US, over the lack of transparency in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has so far claimed more than 190,870 lives globally, with America leading the tally with nearly 50,000 deaths.

President Donald Trump had said his administration was looking into reports that the novel coronavirus "escaped" from a Wuhan virology laboratory before it