Chinese scientist あられ／賞賛するd for publishing Covid sequence 'without 明言する／公表する 許可' when ウイルス broke out 行う／開催する／段階s sit-in 抗議する after 存在 立ち退かせるd from his lab 'for safety 推論する／理由s'

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A 反体制者 Chinese scientist, who became the first to publish a sequence of the Covid-19 ウイルス in his native country against 明言する／公表する direction, 行う／開催する／段階d a sit-in 抗議する outside his 研究室／実験室 after guards 閉めだした him from entering the building.?

Zhang Yongzhen （人命などを）奪う，主張するd on Monday that he and his team had been suddenly told they were 存在 立ち退かせるd, the 最新の in a 一連の 後退s, demotions and 追放／剥奪s since the virologist published the sequence in January 2020 without 明言する／公表する 是認.

After guards 閉めだした him from entering, he sat outside on flattened cardboard in 霧雨ing rain, pictures 表面上は from the scene 地位，任命するd online show.?

News of the 抗議する spread 広範囲にわたって on Chinese social マスコミ and Zhang told a 同僚 he slept outside the lab - but it was not （疑いを）晴らす Tuesday if he remained there.

'I won't leave, I won't やめる, I am 追求するing science and the truth!' he wrote in a 地位，任命する on Chinese social マスコミ 壇・綱領・公約 Weibo that was later 削除するd.

In an online 声明, the Shanghai Public Health 臨床の 中心 主張するd that Zhang's lab was 存在 renovated and was の近くにd for 'safety 推論する／理由s.' It 追加するd that it had 供給するd Zhang's team an 代案／選択肢 研究室／実験室 space.?

Zhang Yongzhen （人命などを）奪う，主張するd he had been locked out of his lab on Monday, April 29 2024

Virologist Zhang Yongzhen, the first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 ウイルス, walks 負かす／撃墜する a street in Shanghai, 中国 on December 13, 2020

Buildings in the Shanghai Public Health 臨床の 中心 stand 近づく the 入り口 of the 構内／化合物 in Shanghai, 中国 Tuesday, April 30, 2024

演説（する）／住所ing （人命などを）奪う，主張するs made 'on the internet', the service said: 'Recently, some 研究室／実験室s in our hospital need to be renovated and の近くにd for safety 推論する／理由s...?

'For the team members of 研究員 Zhang Yongzhen who are engaged in 科学の 研究 activities, the hospital has 供給するd an 付加 office and 実験の space in the 科学の 研究 building.

'Our hospital has 明確に表すd 関連した placement 計画（する）s and 知らせるd them in 前進する...

'Our 学校／設ける always 尊敬（する）・点s 科学の 研究員s and supports 科学の 研究員s and students in carrying out normal 研究 work.'?

Against the 公式の／役人 line, Zhang wrote online that his team wasn't 申し込む／申し出d an 代案／選択肢 until after they were 通知するd of their eviction, and that the lab 申し込む／申し出d didn't 会合，会う safety 基準s for 行為／行うing their 研究, leaving his team in limbo.

Zhang's 最新の difficulty 反映するs how 中国 has sought to 支配（する）／統制する （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） 関係のある to the ウイルス: An Associated 圧力（をかける） 調査 設立する that the 政府 froze meaningful 国内の and international 成果／努力s to trace it from the first weeks of the 突発／発生.?

That pattern continues to this day, with labs の近くにd, 共同s 粉々にするd, foreign scientists 軍隊d out and Chinese 研究員s 閉めだした from leaving the country.

Zhang told reporters by phone it was 'inconvenient' for him to speak, 説 there were other people listening in.?

In an email Monday to 協力者 Edward Holmes seen by AP, Zhang 確認するd he was sleeping outside his lab after guards 閉めだした him from entering.

An AP reporter was also 封鎖するd by a guard at an 入り口 to the 構内／化合物 住宅 Zhang's lab.?

A staff member at the 国家の Health （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限, 中国's 最高の，を越す health 当局, said by phone that it was not the main department in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 and referred questions to the Shanghai 政府.?

The Shanghai 政府 did not すぐに 答える／応じる to a request for comment.

Zhang's ordeal started when he and his team decoded the ウイルス on January 5, 2020, and wrote an 内部の notice 警告 Chinese 当局 of its 可能性のある to spread - but did not make the sequence public.?

The next day, Zhang's lab was ordered 一時的に shut by 中国's 最高の，を越す health 公式の／役人, and Zhang （機の）カム under 圧力 by Chinese 当局.

Around the time, 中国 had 報告（する）／憶測d several dozen people were 存在 扱う／治療するd for a respiratory illness in the central city of Wuhan.?

Possible 事例／患者s of the same illness had been 報告（する）／憶測d in Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan 伴う／関わるing 最近の 旅行者s to the city.

Foreign scientists soon learned that Zhang and other Chinese scientists had deciphered the ウイルス and called on 中国 to 解放（する） the sequence.?

Zhang published it on January 11, 2020, にもかかわらず not receiving 許可 from the 明言する／公表する.

Sequencing a ウイルス is 重要な to the 開発 of 実験（する） 道具s, 病気 支配（する）／統制する 対策 and ワクチン接種s.?

Buildings in the Shanghai Public Health 臨床の 中心 stand 近づく the 入り口 of the 構内／化合物 in Shanghai, 中国, Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Virologist Zhang Yongzhen speaks at a coffeeshop in Shanghai, 中国 on December 13, 2020

The ウイルス 結局 spread to every corner of the world, 誘発する／引き起こすing a pandemic that 混乱に陥れる／中断させるd lives and 商業, 誘発するd 普及した lockdowns and killed millions of people.

Zhang was later awarded prizes in 承認 for his work.

But Zhang's 出版（物） of the sequence also 誘発するd 付加 scrutiny of his lab, によれば Holmes, Zhang's 協力者 and a virologist at the University of Sydney.?

Zhang was 除去するd from a 地位，任命する at the Chinese 中心 for 病気 支配（する）／統制する and 予防 and 閉めだした from 共同製作 with some of his former partners, 手足を不自由にする／（物事を）損なうing his 研究.

'Ever since he 反抗するd the 当局 by 解放（する）ing the genome sequence of the ウイルス that 原因（となる）s COVID-19 there has been a （選挙などの）運動をする against him,' Holmes said.?

'He's been broken by this 過程 and I'm amazed he has been able to work at all.'