Italian doctors became aware of a “strange pneumonia” circulating in the Lombardy region in November. Photo: AFP
Coronavirus: ‘strange pneumonia’ seen in Lombardy in November, leading Italian doctor says
- Virus was circulating ‘before we were aware of the outbreak in China’, says Giuseppe Remuzzi, director of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
- Italy has now reported more than 4,800 deaths from Covid-19, more than any other country in the world
Italian doctors became aware of a “strange pneumonia” circulating in the Lombardy region in November. Photo: AFP