Bombshell from @AP: internal Chinese documents show central govt held teleconference on Jan 14 with instructions from Xi on epidemic & acknowledged likely H2H transmission.
China CDC and WHO publicly said that day "no clear evidence" of transmission. https://apnews.com/68a9e1b91de4ffc166acd6012d82c2f9

Some details have been previously reported and known but the memo captures the "sober" concerns central officials had, in their own words, about the risks as well as domestic political considerations. Key part:

On Jan 15 NHC secretly distributed "a 63-page set of instructions to provincial health officials, obtained by the AP. The instructions ordered health officials nationwide to identify suspected cases, hospitals to open fever clinics, and doctors and nurses to don protective gear"

To be clear, although Jan 10 WHO tweet saying "no evidence" seems poorly worded and cited by Trump, other Chinese and WHO statements those days did acknowledge that limited h2h "cannot be ruled out," additional investigation was needed https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/09/trump-vs-who/