Suppose The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has since spread globally, resulting in an ongoing pandemic.
Can we infer that "The COVID-19 pandemic started in South America"? Yes, no, or maybe?