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Collection of Covid-19 links and research

All-cause mortality in Europe - https://www.euromomo.eu/ Earliest detections of SARS-CoV-2 outside of Wuhan (all in 2019) - 12 March 2019 (!) in Barcelona, Spain:  https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.13.20129627v1.full.pdf "Most COVID-19 cases show mild influenza-like symptoms and it has been suggested that some uncharacterized influenza cases may have masked COVID-19 cases in the 2019-2020 season . This possibility prompted us to analyze some archival WWTP samples from January 2018 to December 2019 (Figure 2). All samples came out to be negative for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 genomes with the exception of March 12, 2019, in which both IP2 and IP4 target assays were positive . This striking finding indicates circulation of the virus in Barcelona long before the report of any COVID-19 case worldwide . Barcelona is a business and commerce hub, as well as a popular venue for massive events, gathering visitors from many parts of the world. It is nevertheless likely that si...