Scientists say New York City likely had COVID-19 infections in February, weeks earlier than official data suggests – Business Insider Australia

• SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may have been present in New York City in mid-February, according to a study published Tuesday in the Nature journal.
• The city’s first case wasn’t officially confirmed until March.
• Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Health System found antibodies to the virus in blood plasma samples from mid-February.
• Around one in five New York City residents had been infected by the virus by late May, the researchers…

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