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> Why did we not see major outbreaks elsewhere at the same time?

It's a difficult question to answer (and ask?), and we may never find the real answer. Coincidence, chance, luck?

For now though, for all intents and purposes, Wuhan was ground zero and the first public cases in Italy and - I don't know, possibly these ones in Norway - can be traced back to Wuhan.