Chinese news service Pengpai reported Thursday the first known patient of COVID-19 in Wuhan was a woman shopkeeper at Huanan Seafood Market, the official ground zero of the outbreak in December.
The Wuhan Municipal Health Committee did not acknowledge the outbreak began until Dec. 31, and that the disease first appeared at the market.
According to Pengpai, the patient with the surname Wei who sold shrimp at the market first showed signs of fever on Dec. 11.
Chinese authorities did not disclose information regarding the outbreak until Dec. 31, when they said 27 people showed symptoms of pneumonia.
In January, a Chinese study published in the New England Journal of Medicine stated human-to-human transmission of the disease was occurring in December, when authorities were denying such infections were taking place.
The Chinese government has defended its policies despite criticism of its approach to COVID-19.
On Thursday at a regular press briefing, Beijing foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang dismissed claims the Chinese government exerted its influence at the World Health Organization.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/03/26/Report-Wuhan-market-outbreak-began-earlier-in-December/3021585151249/?ds=2
The Wuhan Municipal Health Committee did not acknowledge the outbreak began until Dec. 31, and that the disease first appeared at the market.
According to Pengpai, the patient with the surname Wei who sold shrimp at the market first showed signs of fever on Dec. 11.
Chinese authorities did not disclose information regarding the outbreak until Dec. 31, when they said 27 people showed symptoms of pneumonia.
In January, a Chinese study published in the New England Journal of Medicine stated human-to-human transmission of the disease was occurring in December, when authorities were denying such infections were taking place.
The Chinese government has defended its policies despite criticism of its approach to COVID-19.
On Thursday at a regular press briefing, Beijing foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang dismissed claims the Chinese government exerted its influence at the World Health Organization.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/03/26/Report-Wuhan-market-outbreak-began-earlier-in-December/3021585151249/?ds=2
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