AdvertisementFrench Doctors Find COVID-19 Case From December — A Month Before 1st Known Case ThereMay 05, 2020Laurel WamsleyfacebookEmailA nurse in the Eugenie Hospital in Ajaccio, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, on April 23. France appears to have had its first case of COVID-19 in December, a month earlier than doctors thought. (AFP via Getty Images)