Zhang Yongzhen

Chinese scientist who first shared Covid-19 genome data sparks sympathy after lab closure battle

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“It has been tentatively agreed to let normal research be resumed in our lab, and team members are now free to enter for the time being,” Zhang posted on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo early on Wednesday morning. Zhang Yongzhen sleeps outside the closed lab as security guards keep watch. Photo: Weibo However, he added that … Read more

Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence allowed back in his lab after sit-in protest 

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BEIJING —  The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China said he was allowed back into his lab after he spent days locked outside, sitting in protest. Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post on Wednesday, just past midnight, that the medical center that hosts his lab had “tentatively agreed” … Read more