China knew about coronavirus since August 2019, research says
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Coronavirus may have been circulating in China as early as August 2019, a new study from Harvard Medical School (HMS) claims. The virus, which is widely believed to have originated in Wuhan, was first reported to the WHO in late December. An analysis of hospital traffic and search engine data in Wuhan indicates that there was early disease activity in the fall of 2019, according to HMS researchers

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