The coronavirus has already infected more than two million people around the world, and now a new study indicates that the first outbreak may have started as early as September.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have investigated the virus’ origin to calculate the likely date of the initial outbreak.
Their findings indicate that the outbreak in Wuhan occurred between September 13 and December 7. Peter Forster, who led the study, said: “The virus may have mutated into its final ‘human-efficient’ form months ago, but stayed inside a bat or other animal or even human for several months without infecting other individuals. “Then, it started infecting and spreading among humans between September 13 and December 7.” In the study, which