Scientists: Coronavius began spreading to the world earlier than we thought

The first case is believed to have happened on November 17th, researchers write in an analysis published in the scientific magazine PLOS Pathogens.

The first official case was recorded in early December 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, but scientists have long believed that the virus had spread before that.

The same view separates scientists from the World Health Organization (OBSH), which investigated the origin of the virus at the beginning of the year.

Data analysts, led by David Roberts of British University Kent, calculated the most likely period when pathogens could have gone from animals to humans based on information about the first confirmed cases in China and abroad.

British scientists are based on a mathematical model in the field of conservation that is normally used to predict species extinction, the DPA agency writes.

This model suggests that the virus spread throughout the world since January. Estimates show that the first infection outside China was January 3rd in Japan.

In Europe the first case was in Spain about January 12, and the first infection in the United States was about 16 January.