CGTN, the Chinese state-funded news broadcaster has reported on Giuseppe Remuzzi, director at an Italian medical research institute, who recollected strange pneumonia displayed in older patients in Italy in November and December:
An Italian medical expert says the coronavirus may have circulated in Italy before the outbreak in China.
Giuseppe Remuzzi, director of a renowned medical research institute in Italy, spoke in an interview with U.S.’s National Public Radio.
He mentioned some Italian doctors remember having seen very strange pneumonia in old people in December and even November.
He said the virus could be circulating in parts of Italy before people were aware of the outbreak in China.
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Italy surpassed China for the number of Covid-19 deaths in the past week.