Virologist who was first to share Covid genome sleeps on street after lab shuts

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  "author": "Smriti Mallapaty",
  "date": "2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "description": "Zhang Yongzhen shared the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 with the world, speeding up the development of vaccines.",
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  "title": "Chinese virologist who was first to share COVID-19 genome sleeps on street after lab shuts",
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  "title": "Chinese virologist who was first to share COVID-19 genome sleeps on street after lab shuts",
  "description": "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...",
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  "content": "<div>\n                        <p>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.</p>\n                        <div>\n                            <h2 id=\"access-options\">Access options</h2>\n    <p>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://wayf.springernature.com/?redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01293-0\">\n                <span>Access through your institution</span>\n            </a>\n    </p>\n\t<div>\n\t\t\t<section>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals</p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription</p>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>$39.99 <span>/ 30 days</span></span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>cancel any time</span>\n\t\t\t\t\t</p>\n\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://shop-amers.nature.com/products/plus/?region=US\">Learn more</a>\n\t\t\t</section>\n\t\t\t<section>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Subscribe to this journal</p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Receive 51 print issues and online access</p>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>$199.00 <span>per year</span></span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>only $3.90 per issue</span>\n\t\t\t\t\t</p>\n\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/nature/subscribe\">Learn more</a>\n\t\t\t</section>\n\t\t\t<section>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Rent or buy this article</p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Prices vary by article type</p>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>$1.95 <span>to</span> $39.95</span>\n\t\t\t\t\t</p>\n\t\t\t\t</div>\n\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01293-0.epdf?no_publisher_access=1&amp;r3_referer=nature\">Learn more</a>\n\t\t\t</section>\n\t\t\t<p>Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout</p>\n\t\t</div>\n    <h3>Additional access options:</h3>\n    <ul>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://idp.nature.com/auth/personal/springernature?client_id=grover&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01293-0\">Log in</a>\n        </li>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.springernature.com/gp/librarians/licensing/license-options\">Learn about institutional subscriptions</a>\n        </li>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://support.nature.com/en/support/home\">Read our FAQs</a>\n        </li>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.springernature.com/gp/contact\">Contact customer support</a>\n        </li>\n    </ul>\n                        </div>\n                        <p><em>doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01293-0</em></p>\n                        <div>\n                            <h3>Updates &amp; Corrections</h3>\n                            <ul><li>\n                                        <p>\n                                            <strong>Update 03 May 2024</strong>: The text was altered to reflect the fact that Zhang's social media posts have been removed</p>\n                                    </li><li>\n                                        <p>\n                                            <strong>Correction 03 May 2024</strong>: Zhang's social media post regarding the agreement with SPHCC was posted after midnight on Tuesday night. 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