1/ The first confirmed case in France was late-december, probably infected mid-december. So the first case in France it a least in december. We can try to infer

1/ The first confirmed case in France was late-december, probably infected mid-december. So the first case in France it a least in december. We can try to infere more but this is only speculation. 2/ Well, actually... So we French have a huge Chinese immigrant population, and a lot of Chinese students. Weirdly enough, of those i met and spoke with when i was a student or at my company (including my scrum master right now), none of them came from the coastal cities. I don't know why, maybe because the universities used to be basically free for them until 2018 (and are still pretty cheap, 5k/y i think?). I wouldn't be that surprised if France was the first foreign country infected by SRAS-Cov2. Wouldn't bet on it, but wouldn't be surprised.