Researchers in Paris say analysis of samples from 2 individuals hospitalized on Dec 2, 2019 shows they had #COVID19. Neither had traveled outside of France recently, & never to China. This pushes back the earliest non-Chinese case by well over a month. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/health/france-coronavirus-december-death-intl/index.html

BUT, this is a flawed study. Indeed. It's worth noting this is published in the same journal that has since apologized to the world for pub'ing the dreadful Didier Roualt #hydroxychloroquine paper that spawned the mania over that drug's use for #COVID19 . https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/journal-publisher-concerned-over-hydroxychloroquine-study-67405