Wuhan seafood vendor, not accountant, was 1st Covid case in world

A new study published in the journal Science has claimed that the first identified Covid-19 case or 'patient zero' was a female seafood vendor at an animal market in the Chinese city of Wuhan and who became symptomatic on December 11, 2019.The peer-reviewed study contradicts earlier reported findings that the first Covid patient was a 41-year-old male accountant, who lived 30 km south of Huanan Market, and reported his illness on December 8.

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