Hospitals in France have confirmed that France had COVID-19 outbreaks in November, a month before China. China was the first to detect COVID-19 but the WHO has called on other nations to investigate cases that likely began earlier than China& #39;s discovery. https://amp.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3083599/france-had-covid-19-november-hospital-says-after-analysis-chest?__twitter_impression=true">https://amp.scmp.com/news/chin...

European researchers found that France& #39;s COVID-19 strains did not originate from China and that the virus had been circulating in France long before China& #39;s cases. They also found that China& #39;s strains are genetically younger than the strains in the US. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3081959/coronavirus-outbreak-france-did-not-come-directly-china-gene">https://www.scmp.com/news/chin...

The mayor of Belleville, New Jersey tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies and believes he had COVID-19 in November 2019 in the US, a month before cases in China were discovered. He had severe COVID-19 symptoms back in November & had not traveled abroad. https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/essex/belleville/2020/04/30/belleville-nj-mayor-tests-positive-coronavirus-antibodies/3057925001/">https://www.northjersey.com/story/new...

If reports that COVID-19 has been infecting people across the world for a while undetected are true, it means China was the first to detect the virus, alert the world, sequence it, & create a pandemic model for other nations to follow, which means China has saved countless lives.