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Four days before the first case of covid-19 from China was reported, a man in France had the infection. It was December 27, almost a full month before France discovered that the virus had entered the country.
The French case was discovered when doctors examined samples from about 50 people diagnosed with pneumonia in December and January.
Disease like now Called covid-19, it was first reported to the WHO on December 31 by the Chinese authorities. The virus was previously thought to have spread to Europe.
Now, the World Health Organization is asking WHO countries to investigate the first cases of covid-19 by examining people who had pneumonia of unspecified origin in late 2019. The hope is that it will provide a “picture new and clearer “of the outbreak.
“This gives a whole new picture of everything,” says WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier according to Reuters and continues:
– The finding helps to better understand how the covid-19 virus could have circulated.
He also emphasizes that it is “very, very important” to investigate this.
There is still no indication that the infection originated anywhere other than Wuhan in China. The French case is believed to be related to a person who traveled from Wuhan before China reported on the virus.
Early tuesday State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said it was not appropriate to conduct large-scale tests of patients seeking medical attention and sending samples of symptoms such as pneumonia or the flu late last year to see if it could have been covid-19.
– Right now, it doesn’t seem like we want to burden medical care with that kind of research. They have a lot of other things to do and that doesn’t lead to any action, Anders Tegnell said.
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