How COVID-19 Took Hold in North America and Europe

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The Global Spread of COVID-19

How COVID-19 Took Hold in North America and Europe

Posted on  by Dr. Francis Collins

It was nearly 10 months ago on January 15 that a traveler returned home to the Seattle area after visiting family in Wuhan, China. A few days later, he started feeling poorly and became the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. The rest is history.

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