China’s Chief Epidemiologist Who Led Anti-Covid Fight Dies At 60

FILE - Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist at China's Center for Disease Control, speaks during a press conference in Beijing, on Dec. 29, 2022. The Chinese expert who helped lead anti-covid measures that suspended access to cities and prompted protests has died Friday. Wu was 60. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Wu Zunyou, an epidemiologist who helped drive anti-COVID-19 measures in China that suspended access to cities and confined millions to their homes has died on Friday. He was 60.

An announcement from China�s Center for Disease Control and Prevention about Wu’s death gave no cause, but said that �rescue measures failed.�

The news of Wu’s death came just hours after the death of former Premier Li Keqiang was announced. Li was the country�s No. 2 leader during the pandemic.

Wu was the chief epidemiologist of China’s CDC and one of the public faces of the country’s zero-COVID measures that suspended international travel, imposed draconian lockdowns and prompted protests at the end of 2022.

(AP)

One Response

  1. China is really good at cleaning up their messes . They don�t point fingers and do trials and other messy headlines. Just makes someone take a hasty exit.

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