Because China was feeding false information through the WHO.
Pelosi encouraged public gatherings in late February, weeks after Trump's China travel ban
worth repeating:
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus coordinator, said March 31 that her team reviewed China’s statistics and thought the coronavirus outbreak would be no worse than SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), the 2002-03 epidemic that effected more than 8,000 people in 26 countries.
It was not until Birx saw the coronavirus strike Italy and Spain that the White House realized the truth – the coronavirus was far more d