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Virologist who was first to share Covid genome sleeps on street after lab shuts
Zhang Yongzhen shared the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 with the world, speeding the development of vaccines.
The SPHCC did not respond to Nature ’s request to comment but has released public statements saying the laboratory was one of several that needed renovations — and that it provided Zhang’s team with an alternative space. But Yanzhong Huang, a specialist in Chinese health policy at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, says the true nature of the dispute and protest are “shrouded in mystery”. Fan Xiaohong, a physician who heads the SPHCC told reporters for Chinese newspaper Southern Weekly that Zhang’s contract had expired, but he had refused to leave.
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