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[โ€“] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Considering there were quarantines in December, I'm pretty sure health officials were in the know. Though official international reporting may not have happened until Dec 31.

[โ€“] derekabutton@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well yeah. If people all over the world knew weeks earlier, obviously the health officials knew. But if they didn't report it before, that doesn't disagree with the textbook.