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Not as transparent since the mobile apps are closed source at the moment.
It's possible doesn't mean it's viable.
Personally I would wait for more evidence to judge (which seems unlikely to happen). It's not so hard to operate a false flag on platforms like Twitter.
SCMP's piece also mentioned that "It also obtained the required credentials to conduct research on the coronavirus on January 24." That indicates the Centre actually gained more access.
And if you search Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre on Google, you can see it's still actively doing COVID-19 related research. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullar...
IIRC Chrome used to use https://www.google.com/_/chrome/newtab as its ntp.