China has accused Italy of starting the killer coronavirus pandemic – and claims its own study proves it.

But Beijing has also previously blamed Spain for sparking the worldwide Covid outbreak to deflect blame, while insisting “China is not a culprit of this virus”.

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Its accusation against Italy follows an Italian study supporting suggestions that the virus was circulating outside China earlier than thought.

The earliest reported case in Wuhan - regarded by many experts as the initial epicentre of the outbreak - was at the beginning of December, 2019.

Read more at US Sun.