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  True.  Wuhan was just where it was first "offical", and there are all of these stories of people who think they had COVID in 2019, before it had a name.
context: Hopefully the UK follows suit.... >
  
  As per usual, we are not doing the sensible thing and following suit. >
  
  China: "you can leave the country now we're tired of trying to control it"
  Rest of world: "hold up!" >
  
  I get the concept that history repeats itself but this is too soon. >
  
  One cost effective policy public health authorities could put in place quickly given the data blackout from China is sequence the SARS-CoV-2 in passengers testing positive. It would help identify any potential variant of concerns spreading in China >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 91%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  Earlier on Wednesday, Wang Wenbin, China's foreign minister spokesman, accused Western countries and media of "Hyping up" and "Distorting China's Covid policy adjustments".
  EU member state Italy - once the global epicentre of the virus after it spread from China in late 2019 and 2020 - has already imposed restrictions on people arriving from China.
  In India, people travelling from China and four other Asian countries must produce a negative Covid test before arriving.
  
  
  Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: China^#1 Covid^#2 test^#3 country^#4 passengers^#5 >
  
  This resuming of tourism is the stupidest thing that I've heard of since Brexit. >
  
  I think Chinese New Year is coming up, yes? >
  
  Everybody's new year is coming up. >
  
  Yeah, this is how the orginal COVID really spread last time. >
  
  The original variant had spread across the world long before Chinese New Year and even before regular New Year. We just couldn't tell at that point, but later tests showed that it was already in multiple countries including Spain, Italy and the US before anyone even knew there was a new virus.