“We have already made a statement, we condemned this decision because it is wrong in terms of freedom,” he said during the briefing.

Secondly, according to Pompeo, it is very important "to get accurate information about what is happening there" (in China. - RT ).

“With respect to the whole situation around the coronavirus, this data matters,” he emphasized.

Washington is currently considering a “wide range of actions” that can be taken, the head of the State Department added.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that the White House will study the situation with the cancellation in China of the accreditation of three journalists.

According to WSJ, the Chinese authorities revoked the newspaper’s accreditation from three journalists after the publication published the article “China is Asia's Real Sick.”

The Chinese Foreign Ministry noted that the Chinese "do not welcome the media that speak a racially discriminatory language and maliciously slander and attack China."