agreed that that is absolutely not a legit source. I was curious so I googled, and found something more legit-sounding:

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-italy-tim...

> ROME (Reuters) - The new coronavirus was circulating in Italy in September 2019, a study by the National Cancer Institute (INT) of the Italian city of Milan shows, signaling that it might have spread beyond China earlier than thought.