The recent revelation by U.S. intelligence officials that China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to hoard medical supplies, should convince our government there needs to be a thorough overhaul of our nation’s China policy.

Chinese leaders “intentionally concealed the severity” of the pandemic from the world in early January, according to a four-page Department of Homeland Security intelligence report dated May 1 and obtained by The Associated Press.

President Trump has long been enacting stricter trade relations on China, now he and Congress need to consider a policy of bringing home vital national industries, such as medical supplies and pharmaceuticals.

There are certain industries that are vital to our nation’s security and health, and we should never have to rely on any foreign nation, particularly one that has acted in such a belligerent and unreliable way as Communist China, to supply them to our people.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that China was responsible for the spread of the disease and must be held accountable.

It is also evident the World Health Organization was also complicit — knowingly or unknowingly — with China in the coverup of the severity of the coronavirus outbreak and also needs to be held accountable.

In fact, the report says China held off informing the World Health Organization the coronavirus “was a contagion” for much of January so it could order medical supplies from abroad — and that its imports of face masks and surgical gowns and gloves increased sharply.

“Intelligence has just reported to me that I was correct and that they did NOT bring up the Corona Virus subject matter until late into January, just prior to my banning China from the U.S.,” the president wrote.

This pandemic is a wake-up call for our nation to be more careful about relying on nations like Communist China when it comes to supplying the vital strategic materials of which this nation must have total control.