2024-05-02 05:37:35
Beijing: The scientist who first published information on sequencing the COVID-19 virus in China said he has been allowed to return to his laboratory after days of protests. Scientist Zhang Yongzhen wrote in a social media post on Wednesday that authorities have “tentatively agreed” to let him and his team go into the laboratory and continue research. Zhang and his team were suddenly asked to leave the laboratory. He had been protesting outside his laboratory since the weekend. This development indicates increasing pressure from Beijing on scientists doing research on coronavirus. The Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center had previously said Zhang’s laboratory was being renovated and was closed for security reasons, but Zhang said his team was given no choice and the new laboratory was designed to ensure security for the research. Does not conform to standards.
China is controlling information related to the virus
This incident involving Zhang shows how China is controlling information related to the virus. An investigation by The Associated Press found that the government had blocked domestic and international efforts to detect the coronavirus from the early days of its spread. This trend is still continuing, laboratories are closed, foreign scientists have been asked to leave the country and Chinese researchers have been banned from leaving the country.