China city Wuhan Thailand Usa Germany Washington covid-19 World Coronavirus China city Wuhan Thailand Usa Germany Washington

Was coronavirus spreading through Europe before we heard about it affecting China?

Reading now: 555
www.rte.ie

Coronavirus. A word so familiar to us all, it's almost lost its meaning, except for the fact that it has changed our lives so drastically.

But when did this new strain of coronavirus begin to take hold? In January, the novel coronavirus was very much a foreign story, as it spread out from the Chinese city of Wuhan.

The first death was recorded in Wuhan on 11 January, the first death outside China occurring two days later in Thailand, one week later, the first US case of infection; in Washington.

Until now, the first human-to-human transmission within Europe was thought to have been a German man that was infected by a Chinese colleague who visited Germany between 19 and 22 January.

Read more on rte.ie
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA