We describe the earliest evidence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a patient in Italy, ≈3 months before Italy’s first reported COVID-19 case. These findings, in agreement with other evidence of early COVID-19 spread in Europe, advance the beginning of the outbreak to late autumn 2019
link to the CDC article, since people will automatically assume CHYNA is lying
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/2/20-4632_article