It is generally accepted that the first outbreak of coronavirus infection was the Chinese city of Wuhan.
However, experts urge scientists and representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) to check the version of the emergence of coronavirus on the Apennine Peninsula.
It is possible that the first cases of COVID-19 infection occurred in Italy earlier than in China.
According to foreign media reports, WHO may begin work on testing samples collected in Southern Europe.
Why Italy was “under suspicion”
Information has emerged that the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen could have spread in the southern European country as early as the fall of 2019.
This is indicated by the results of analyzes of samples collected during that period.
Let us remember that the first cases of COVID-19 in Wuhan were officially registered at the end of the year before last – several months after the possible appearance of a source of infection in Italy.
In addition, it was this country that was the first of the European countries to face a sharp deterioration in the epidemiological situation in the spring of 2020.
However, the version about Italy as the place where the spread of COVID-19 began is only one of the assumptions.
Accurate conclusions can only be drawn after thorough research.
