Hunt for Italy’s coronavirus patient zero finds a case in November 2019"
Peer-reviewed research shows the virus was present in a stored skin sample taken from a Milan woman with a mysterious illness."
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The World Health Organization – which has a team of experts arriving in China on Thursday to investigate the origin of the pandemic – has said
it is aware of evidence suggesting the virus could have been present in other countries before it was identified in China, and is examining research as it is reported.
Previous research in Italy has shown that a boy who was sick in November 2019 had a viral strain which was a 100 per cent genetic match with the virus later isolated in Wuhan, as well as other strains in circulation."
"Blood samples of
more than 100 participants in an Italian lung cancer screening programme dating
back to September 2019 were also found to contain antibodies which bind specifically to the Sars-CoV-2 virus. These patients were either without symptoms, or misdiagnosed with other diseases such as measles."
Se contureaza tot mai clar ipoteza ca virusul ar fi putut sa apara in cu totul alta parte, chinezii fiind doar primii care l-au identificat...