Center for Disease Control did not register any new cases, internal bulletins obtained by the AP confirmed. Yet during that time, from January 5 to January 17, hundreds of patients were appearing in hospitals not just in Wuhan一which finally

reopened last week - but across thecountry.

Workers inspect masks at a production line of the Wuhan Zonsen Medical Products Co. Ltd. in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Sunday, April 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)