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First scientist to publish Covid sequence in China ‘evicted’ from lab
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 5 days ago - 07:58
Zhang Yongzhen stages protest, as government attempts to avoid scrutiny over handling of outbreak
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the Covid-19 virus in China was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his laboratory.
Zhang Yongzhen, a virologist, wrote in an online post on Monday that he and his team were suddenly notified they were being evicted from their lab, the latest in a series of setbacks, demotions and ousters since he published the sequence in early January 2020.
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