China’s ‘bat woman’ at centre of coronavirus theories says her work helped identify new strain fast

The Chinese virologist at the centre of conspiracy theories over the coronavirus origin has publicly defended her work, saying it contributed to fast identification of the new pathogen and would help protect against future outbreaks.Shi Zhengli – dubbed China’s “bat woman” for her research on coronaviruses in the mammals – told state broadcaster CGTN on Monday those studies had “enabled us to understand the cause of the unknown pneumonia in the shortest time” after the first cases emerged in…

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