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London: The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19 , may have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in Wuhan, according to a modelling study.

The research, published in the journal PLOS Pathogens on Thursday, suggests that the first case of COVID-19 arose between early October and mid-November, 2019 in China, with the most likely date of origin being November 17.…

This data comes from the ChinaPulse.com media intelligence and smart news insights monitoring platform.