Italian doctors became aware of a “strange pneumonia” circulating in the Lombardy region in November. Photo: AFP Italian doctors became aware of a “strange pneumonia” circulating in the Lombardy region in November. Photo: AFP
Italian doctors became aware of a “strange pneumonia” circulating in the Lombardy region in November. Photo: AFP
China /  People & Culture

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

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Liu Zhen
Liu Zhen in Beijing

Updated: 8:15am, 25 Mar, 2020

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Italian doctors became aware of a “strange pneumonia” circulating in the Lombardy region in November. Photo: AFP Italian doctors became aware of a “strange pneumonia” circulating in the Lombardy region in November. Photo: AFP
Italian doctors became aware of a “strange pneumonia” circulating in the Lombardy region in November. Photo: AFP
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