Did Coronavirus surface eight years ago in China?

As per the latest reports, the deadly Coronavirus surfaced for the first time in 2012. The place of origin was China\'s Mojiang area. The reports said that few workers were asked to clean the mines off of bats\' discharge. During the process, 3 people out of 6 workers died

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