I wonder if Ireland is running any similar rechecks.
Two people who died in California in early and mid February have been confirmed through autopsies as coronavirus cases – weeks before the first reported COVID-19 fatality in the United States. The deaths, on 6 February and 17 February, push back the timeline for the entry of the virus on US soil, experts said. Given what we know about how long it takes for the virus to kill people, the disease began to spread in the US sometime between early and mid January...
Sara Cody, the public health officer of Santa Clara County where the new autopsies were performed, told The Washington Post it was not yet known how the two people were infected, with officials unaware of any history of overseas travel. This further reinforces that the virus was already circulating in the community.
Two people who died in California in early and mid February have been confirmed through autopsies as coronavirus cases – weeks before the first reported COVID-19 fatality in the United States. The deaths, on 6 February and 17 February, push back the timeline for the entry of the virus on US soil, experts said. Given what we know about how long it takes for the virus to kill people, the disease began to spread in the US sometime between early and mid January...
Sara Cody, the public health officer of Santa Clara County where the new autopsies were performed, told The Washington Post it was not yet known how the two people were infected, with officials unaware of any history of overseas travel. This further reinforces that the virus was already circulating in the community.
Autopsies show coronavirus was spreading in the US from January
The earliest death attributed to the coronavirus was previously thought to be on 26 February.
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