It was first detected there because China has a robust public health system. There’s some epidemiological evidence that it was spreading in Italy before that, but was being misdiagnosed as influenza.
If proven, then this is the same situation as how the Spanish Flu got its name. It started in the US but Spain was the one most proactive in documenting it (like China is now) and ended up involuntarily getting their country slapped on it.
It was first detected there because China has a robust public health system. There’s some epidemiological evidence that it was spreading in Italy before that, but was being misdiagnosed as influenza.
If proven, then this is the same situation as how the Spanish Flu got its name. It started in the US but Spain was the one most proactive in documenting it (like China is now) and ended up involuntarily getting their country slapped on it.