Had some similar thought I didn't hear about France though but Italy yes with the early Possible cases blowing up China's reported timeline.
Wife had Fever and aches in December here and while she didn't go overseas she was 100% exposed to people who had travelled to Brussels, France and UK. Who knows plus my son had to take 3 Courses of Anti-Biotic for what they said was Strep Throat that kept returning Dec Trough early Feb.
Makes you wonder. I know our minds are working overtime with this and being in a state of Social Distancing and Isolation got lots of time to think about it.