Graffiti in San Francisco, California, encouraging the wearing of masks. On Tuesday, it was announced that two residents of Santa Clara County, just south of the city, had died of the coronavirus weeks before the deaths previously believed to have been the first in the US. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
Coronavirus: Covid-19 was in US earlier than first thought. Here’s why that’s important to know
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Graffiti in San Francisco, California, encouraging the wearing of masks. On Tuesday, it was announced that two residents of Santa Clara County, just south of the city, had died of the coronavirus weeks before the deaths previously believed to have been the first in the US. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
