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‘Covid-19 circulated in Italy months before 1st case was reported’

The Siasat | 15/12/2020 09:11 PM | Click to read full article

Researchers recently discovered that Covid-19 had started circulating in Italy as early as November 2019, about three months before the country's first case was reported.

According to the study published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday, an oropharyngeal swab specimen collected in early December 2019 from a four-year-old boy who lived in the surrounding area of Milan tested positive for Covid-19.

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