Update: Virus was in France by Dec. 27. https:/

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French hospital discovers COVID-19 case from December

A French hospital that retested old samples from pneumonia patients discovered it had treated a man with COVID-19 as early as Dec. 27, nearly a month before the French government confirmed its first cases, and a time when the virus was believed to have been limited to only China. The researchers who reported this discovery in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents say it "changes our understanding of the epidemic," and models used to predict how the virus spreads may be based on incorrect data. (https://reut.rs/35vHMOc and https://bit.ly/35wmyQv)

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