Who was the FIRST case of COVID-19?
Why don't we know who patient zero is ?
I know it started in China. Where in China?
Which lab?
Which hospital?
This virus has an algorithmic behavior. We must find patient zero.
These articles answer your question. However, name of the patient is not described in the literature.
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A comprehensive timeline of the new coronavirus pandemic, from China's first COVID-19 case to the present https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-pandemic-timeline-history-major-events-2020-3
A Wuhan shrimp seller identified as coronavirus 'patient zero'
Identified as Wei Guixian, she was selling shrimps at the Huanan Seafood Market when she developed a cold.
Read more at:
1. https://nypost.com/2020/03/27/shrimp-vendor-at-wuhan-market-may-be-coronavirus-patient-zero/ 2. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/wuhan-shrimp-seller-identified-as-coronavirus-patient-zero/articleshow/74870327.cms
shrimp seller identified as coronavirus 'patient zero' by China authorities, but there are many suspicious which were declared by US administration
The first case of someone suffering from Covid-19 can be traced back to 17 November, according to media reports on unpublished Chinese government data.
The report, in the South China Morning Post, said Chinese authorities had identified at least 266 people who contracted the virus last year and who came under medical surveillance, and the earliest case was 17 November – weeks before authorities announced the emergence of the new virus.
The Chinese government was widely criticised over attempts to cover up the outbreak in the early weeks, including crackdowns on doctors who tried to warn colleagues about a new Sars-like virus which was emerging in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province.
The data obtained by the Post, which the Guardian has not been able to verify, said a 55-year-old from Hubei province could have been the first person to contract Covid-19. For about one month after that date there were one to five new cases reported each day, the report said, and by 20 December there were 60 confirmed cases.
Thank you for all your answers. I am asking this question as we must know the actual "cause" of this outbreak.
We live in a world of cause and effect!
A mutation? A leakage from a lab? If a mutation, then why? and How?
(I have read Dr Charles Lieber's articles on nanowires (electrical detection of single viruses etc.) I think these articles will help us coming up with a treatment for COVID-19). This virus has an algorithmic behavior.
Dear Dr. have a good Sunday.
In my daily update of COVID19 dramatic phenomenon in Lombardia (N.Italy) I reviewed (date: ►2020 Aprile 19/B► ) all the official documents of China/WHO about the start of disease, with an extensive document reviews at end of pdf.
I hope is useful.
Technical Report 2019nCoV or SARS-CoV/2 Coronavirus {Riboviria Nidovirales Co...
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Aliya Mirza
University of Toronto
Salvatore Vicidomini Thanks but its not in English. If possible, let me know what it says about patient zero. Which lab? Which hospital?
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Arvind Singh
Banaras Hindu University
The COVID-19 pandemic originated in the seafood market of China‘s Wuhan city and a 57-year-old female shrimp seller, Wei Guixian, has been identified as one of the first victims of coronavirus.
Preprint COVID-19: What we know so far and what are the implications for India?
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Yehya A. Salih
University of Basrah
Dear, Aliya Mirza ,,,,
The first case of Covid-19 has appeared in the seafood market of China‘s Wuhan City.
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Rasha Shaker Nima
University Of Kufa
Wuhan City, the first case of Covid-19 has appeared in the seafood market of China‘s.
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Dhifaf Zeki
University Of Kufa
Wuhan City, the first case of Covid-19
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Firas Mahmood Mustafa Alfiky
Duhok Polytechnic University
Because its started at China , I guess all the required information are with China and I guess they will never show us these information...
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Suaad Hadi Hassan Al-Taai
University of Baghdad
Wuhan city, where the first case was discovered
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Reji Joseph
AVP Research Foundation
A 55-year-old individual from Hubei province in China may have been the first person to have contracted COVID-19
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Muhammed Ashraful Alam
Dhaka Medical College Hospital
A 57-year-old female shrimp seller in Wuhan, Wei Guixian, has been identified as one of the first victims of Corona virus.
According to China's explanation, symptomatic cases were seen from December 8, 2019 in Wuhan.
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Sujan Mahapatra
Assam University
Wuhan city, in China.
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