Nation 3 Wuhan researchers ill before first cases revealed in 2019, report says; Kentucky’s Rand Paul eschews vaccine: Live COVID updates May 24, 2021May 24, 2021Elinor Aspegren, Jorge L. Ortiz and John Bacon, USA TODAYComments Off on 3 Wuhan researchers ill before first cases revealed in 2019, report says; Kentucky’s Rand Paul eschews vaccine: Live COVID updates China denied a report that three Wuhan researchers were hospitalized with possible coronavirus symptoms in November 2019. Latest COVID-19 news.