Covid-19 was already in Italy in December, sewage study suggests
Covid-19 may have been circulating before China reported the first cases of a new disease on December 31, scientists say
19 June 2020 - 12:35
Milan/London — Scientists in Italy have found traces of the new coronavirus in wastewater collected from Milan and Turin in December 2019 — suggesting Covid-19 was already circulating in Northern Italy before China reported the first cases.
The Italian National Institute of Health looked at 40 sewage samples collected from wastewater treatment plants in northern Italy between October 2019 and February 2020. An analysis released late on Thursday said samples taken in Milan and Turin on December 18 showed the presence of the SARS-Cov-2 virus...
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