Virologist who was first to share Covid genome sleeps on street after lab shuts
The first person to publicly release the genome sequence of the virus that causes COVID-19 — virologist Zhang Yongzhen — seems to have resolved a public dispute with the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center (SPHCC), Fudan University, China, which erupted last week.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01293-0
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Update 03 May 2024: The text was altered to reflect the fact that Zhang's social media posts have been removed
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Correction 03 May 2024: Zhang's social media post regarding the agreement with SPHCC was posted after midnight on Tuesday night. The text has been corrected for accuracy.
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