but the institute worked with military leaders on a government-sponsored project for almost a decade.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) participated in a project, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) a regime-funded scientific research institution from 2012 to 2018.
The project was comprised of a team of five military and civil experts, who conducted research at WIV labs, military labs, and other civil labs leading to “the discovery of animal pathogens [biological agents that causes disease] in wild animals.”
The WIV is located in central China’s Wuhan City, the COVID-19 pandemic ground zero. As an advanced virology institution, the WIV has the only P4 lab the highest biosafety level lab in China
Evidence Reveals That Military Team Collaborated With Lab Where COVID-19 Pandemic Originated
The Chinese regime has said its controversial virology institute had no relationship with the military, but the institute worked with military leaders on a government-sponsored project for almost a decade.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) participated in a project, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) a regime-funded scientific research institution from 2012 to 2018. The project was comprised of a team of five military and civil experts, who conducted research at WIV labs, military labs, and other civil labs leading to “the discovery of animal pathogens [biological agents that causes disease] in wild animals.”
Professor Ncoza Dlova of the University of KwaZulu-Natal has been awarded the Maria Duran Medal for 2021. The medal is given to female leaders in dermatology, particularly those who have contributed to the treatment of dermatologic conditions affecting women and children. Picture: supplied by UKZN
UKZNâs first black female head of medicine awarded international medal of honour
By Jehran Daniel
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DURBAN - The first black female head of the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Professor Ncoza Dlova, has been awarded the Maria Duran Medal for 2021.
Dlova is the first South African to receive the award since its inception in 2000, UKZN confirmed in a statement on Friday.
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Consultant cardiologist Dr Richard Ishmael is the new chair of the Barbados Accreditation Council.
Dr Ishmael, who is a director of Cardiovascular Diagnostics Inc. and Interventional Radiology and Cardiology Inc. at Bracebridge Medical Centre, brings several decades of leadership and corporate governance experience as he takes up his new position.
In 1993, he pioneered the development of the Cardiac Catheterisation and Open Heart Surgical Programmes at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and served as the first head of the Department of Cardiovascular Services as well as director of the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory. He is Immediate Past President of The Caribbean Cardiac Society and was also Governor of the Caribbean Chapter of The American College of Cardiology.