Covid-19 present in Italy months before Wuhan outbreak, reveal scientists

An investigative study on coronavirus revealed that Covid-19 was circulating in Italy by September 2019, months before the first documented case was reported in Chinaࢀ™s Wuhan, as per media reports. The research was carried by the scientists at Milanࢀ™s National Cancer Institute (INT). Gabriella Sozzi, an INT biologist, told CGTN Europe that the blood samples showed the presence of antibodies against Covid-19 from September, while the first documented case of Italy was on February 21. Sozzi said to CGTN : ࢀœWhat we noticed, and it was unexpected, we found more than 10 per cent of the samples presenting antibodies against…