"These findings simply document that the epidemic in China was not detected in time," Giovanni Apolone, scientific director of National Cancer Institute (INT) and a co-author of the study, told a news conference in Milan.
That doesn't even make any sense. 😂

— Middle Earther (@Silmarillion88) November 20, 2020

The microbe that causes Covid-19 may have been infecting people across Italy as early as September 2019 – months before the first cases were detected in Wuhan. pic.twitter.com/CZ50HeL5A1

— SCMP News (@SCMPNews) November 18, 2020

China says Covid-19 study CLEARS it of blame after scientists found signs of virus in Italian cancer patients as early as September https://t.co/pGY9Idqp9h

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) November 19, 2020

A new study reveals the coronavirus emerged in Italy in September, suggesting COVID-19 might have spread beyond China earlier than previously thought. https://t.co/5RwhprJ4R9

— SBS News (@SBSNews) November 15, 2020