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Friday 25 June 2021 2:39 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 25 June 2021 2:40 pm

Covid-19 may have started spreading in China as early as October 2019

By: Michiel Willems

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The virus that causes Covid-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan, a new study showed today. Watch the full report.

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