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- The @WHO named #COVID19 on February 11, 2020.

- The @WorldBank has listed tens of millions of U.S. Dollars in trade value for the "COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Instruments and Apparatus" (product code 902780) going back to 2017.

Why?

(I took these screen shots - data is there.)
For those eager to fact check, no problem.

2017: wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtrade…

2018: wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtrade…

2016 (no trade value posted): wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtrade…
Investigating further, there are two more Product Codes (382200 and 300215), both COVID-19 test kit related, all with trade values going back to 2017.
There is a potential theory/explanation that the World Bank renamed a product code to specify COVID-19 test kits. However, what are the odds they renamed numerous codes that had data only beginning in 2017 but not 2016?

I have written the World Bank to see if they can clarify.
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