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/* Timeline of COVID-19 outbreak */
* 9 December - [[Peter Daszak]] discusses on a podcast the testing of modified coronaviruses on human cells and humanized mice in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.<ref>https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4104828</ref>
*10 December - Earliest known coronavirus patients starts feeling ill.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-it-all-started-chinas-early-coronavirus-missteps-11583508932</ref>
*15 December - Dr. Ian Lipkon of Columbia University informed of novel coronavirus outbreak.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/anti-lab-leak-scientists-reverses-stance/</ref>
*Mid December - ''The Lancet'' says evidence appeared of human-to-human transmission. The same study suggested an origin outside of the Wuhan wet market.
*17 December - First reported death in China <ref>//www.brookings.edu/2020/04/02/the-early-days-of-a-global-pandemic-a-timeline-of-covid-19-spread-and-government-interventions/</ref>
