One year on from coronavirus 'patient zero' - kept 'secret from world for weeks'

mirror.co.uk:

Just 12 months ago the world had never heard of coronavirus - unaware the Covid-19 pandemic was about to wreak havoc on the lives of billions.

But reports suggest that on November 17, 2019, the first person - believed to be a 55-year-old man - became the first person to be struck down with the virus that has now killed more than 1.3million people globally.

The unnamed man from China's Hubei province is said to have been the first known case of Covid-19, according to the South China Post.

In the report, said to be based on data seen by the South China Post, it was claimed that every day for the following month five new cases of coronavirus were reported.