Curiouser and curiouser .....

The first recorded case in the UK was on January 31st and the earliest documented transmission within Britain was on February 28th. ..

But, was it ..?

A man returning from an Austrian ski resort had similar symptoms on 20 January which then was passed to his family and others in the neighbourhood. The family have not been officially tested. They should be.

The Austrian ski resort is under investigation for allegedly covering up the early outbreak and allowing it to spread across Europe undetected.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/uk-patient-zero-east-sussex-family-may...

Seems like Covid19 may well have been in Britain for longer than is assumed. Unless of course it was just another flu virus with similar symptoms. Hard to know since the level and exact nature of symptoms even with confirmed Covid19 cases vary between individuals, their age and underlying health condition. Plus the virus has probably undergone mutations.

Important to know so come on UK (and elsewhere) get your act together for antibody testing. Not just to track the virus progression and implement the best strategy but for future risk - to find out if having had it confers immunity or whether reinfection is common.