it's all chinese, iranians and italians fault
Study: 65% of early COVID-19 cases globally linked to Italy, China, Iran travel
July 29 (UPI) -- Almost two-thirds of confirmed COVID-19 cases outside China during early stages of the pandemic occurred among people who had traveled to Italy, China or Iran or to their close contacts, an analysis published Wednesday by
The Lancet Infectious Diseases found.
Seventy-five percent of countries outside China that reported their first coronavirus infections during the first 11 weeks of the pandemic -- between Dec. 31, 2019, and March 10 of this year -- could trace the cases to travel to an already affected country, the researchers said.
Of these, 27% were linked with travel to Italy, 22% traced to China and 11% tracked to Iran, they said.