A 4 year old in Italy contracted the coronavirus in Nov 2019? When did this thing get out???

A 4-year-old boy from Milan, Italy, contracted #COVID19 as early as November 2019, according to a report Tuesday from the US CDC, suggesting the virus had been spreading around the world before previously known. (file pic) pic.twitter.com/1C5WgrhEZH

— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) December 11, 2020

Something is seriously off here.

When did this virus pop up on the radar screens? Did any authority know that it was out and about in the fall of last year?

I remember one thing.

We were talking about this thing at the end of Dec/Jan on this blog.  It didn't hit the mainstream until Feb-Mar.

I thought I was early but maybe I was late as hell.  I'm going off open source materials but the CIA/DIA had to have MUCH better visibility.  When did they know?  Who did they tell?