So, of course, you can cite a published paper to back that up, right?
Please do. I frankly don't trust any company that stands to make billion$ with a little white lie, any media that stands to sell billions of clicks with a little yellow journalism, nor especially any government Hell-bent on absolute control.
Set my fevered mind at ease.
Quickly found a report of a European sequencing on
January 31, 2020.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200131114748.htm
Hope that suffices for my point. China was first but others came quickly along.