Italy's coronavirus epidemic began in January - study
"We realized that there were a lot of infected people in Lombardy well before Feb. 20, which means the epidemic had started much earlier. In January for sure but maybe even earlier."
A MAN disinfects stairs leading to the monument in honor of unknown soldiers at Piazza Venezia as Italy tightened measures to try and contain the spread of coronavirus, in Rome on Saturday.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByREUTERS
