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Coronavirus: Chinese scientist Li Lanjuan, who pushed for Wuhan lockdown, named among Nature magazine’s 10 best of the year William Langley william.langley@scmp.com Li Lanjuan, 73, was commended for her efforts to persuade China’s leaders to impose the lockdown in Wuhan. Photo: Xinhua
Two Chinese scientists who played key roles in the fight against Covid-19 have been honoured with inclusion on Nature magazine s list of the top 10 people who helped shape science in 2020.
Infectious disease expert Li Lanjuan, who proposed the lockdown in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to control the spread of the disease, and Zhang Yongzhen, who led the Shanghai team that was the first in the world to publish the genome sequence of the novel coronavirus, were listed alongside eight others recognised by the British scientific journal.