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Yoni Heisler
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- Before anyone knew what the coronavirus was, news outlets often referred to it as a 'mystery virus' from China that was spreading rapidly across the world.
- In early January, the first BBC report on the virus aired at 5 o'clock in the morning and suggested that the situation in China was totally under control.
One of the more fascinating aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is that people initially didn't exactly know what was happening early on. If you go back to news reports from January of this year, you'll see countless stories with headlines along the lines of "Mysterious virus in China is sending dozens of people to the hospital." These types of stories would typically include a blurb about how doctors and scientists were initially baffled as to what type of virus they were dealing with.
While the virus was identified in China in late December, it wasn't until January and February that media outlets in countries across the world began to take serious stock of the situation. In light of that, The Independent recently brought to light the first-ever mention of the coronavirus on the BBC.
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Rewatching the first-ever BBC report about coronavirus will leave you speechless originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 09:00:40 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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