Wuhan graduate never infected with novel coronavirus: Virology institute
Huang Yanling, a graduate of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a subsidiary of Chinese Academy of Sciences, is the first person infected with novel coronavirus.
By Zhang Yangfei |
chinadaily.com.cn |
Updated: 2020-02-16 14:10
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Rumor: Huang Yanling, a postgraduate of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a subsidiary of Chinese Academy of Sciences, was the first patient to contract the novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province.
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The Wuhan Institute of Virology said in a statement that Huang graduated with a master's degree from the institute in 2015. Since graduation, she has been working and living in other provinces and has never been infected with novel coronavirus and is in good health.
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