Shi Zhengli’s work gave a head start to the scientific research community’s understanding of the origin of the new coronavirus. Photo: Weibo Shi Zhengli’s work gave a head start to the scientific research community’s understanding of the origin of the new coronavirus. Photo: Weibo
Shi Zhengli’s work gave a head start to the scientific research community’s understanding of the origin of the new coronavirus. Photo: Weibo
China /  People & Culture

Coronavirus: bat scientist’s cave exploits offer hope to beat virus ‘sneakier than Sars’

  • Shi Zhengli is one of the scores of scientists joining a global effort to hunt down the new coronavirus
  • But some people have blamed her for creating it in the first place

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Stephen Chen
Stephen Chen in Beijing

Updated: 5:50pm, 14 Feb, 2020

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Shi Zhengli’s work gave a head start to the scientific research community’s understanding of the origin of the new coronavirus. Photo: Weibo Shi Zhengli’s work gave a head start to the scientific research community’s understanding of the origin of the new coronavirus. Photo: Weibo
Shi Zhengli’s work gave a head start to the scientific research community’s understanding of the origin of the new coronavirus. Photo: Weibo
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