Based on CDC statistics the virus covid-19 could've been in the US by November 2019. A spike in illnesses with flu like symptoms were reported, alot more compared to previous years. Also coincidentally after military exercises in Wuhan China which might explain how it spread so quickly.
https://uncoverdc.com/2020/04/05/could-cdc-data-prove-covid-19-infections-in-november-2019/
This might have been the same case in Europe and/or Italy since it was an international military exercise.
https://uncoverdc.com/2020/04/05/could-cdc-data-prove-covid-19-infections-in-november-2019/
This might have been the same case in Europe and/or Italy since it was an international military exercise.