China honours 'Bat Woman' of controversial Wuhan lab as WHO probes COVID-19 origin

China, on January 15, houred a virologist working at a controversial Wuhan based bio-lab just two days after a WHO experts team arrived at epicentre of coronavirus pandemic. unexpected move comes in contrast to previous allegations on communist nation that accuses it of abducting and killing researchers including initial whistleblower of COVID-19 pandemic. China, with over 97,000 officially reported cases and a new outbreak battering its rth, recently begun its ambitious mass iculation programme. 

Who is ‘Bat woman’

A virologist working at Wuhan Institute of Virology, Shi Zhengli has earned moniker of “Bat woman”  for her vehement work in field of bats and virus. Pertaining to same, she was houred as an "vanced worker of Chinese Acemy of Sciences (CAS)" by Xi Jinping ministration, state-run Global Times reported, citing a WIV anuncement. China’s Premier laboratory caught eyeballs after American President Donald Trump accused it of syntically manufacturing coronavirus.

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Zhengli was praised as hering to scientific values of invation, serving country and benefiting people, and fought hard and never flinched in face of difficulties and challenges, report in Chinese daily re. Earlier, passionate researcher me helines after she mysteriously vanished for several months, prompting experts to believe that she h defected to a western antion However, she later resurfaced in official Chinese media and denied reports of her defection to West stating thatshe and her family were  absolutely “fine.”

Zhengli was houred along with 20 vanced workers during CAS 2021 annual work conference held in Beijing, said Liu Lijun, director of National Commendation and Rewarding Office of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.

Meanwhile, World Health Organization (WHO)-led team investigating  origin of coronavirus cases is set to commence virtual meetings with Chinese hosts including Australian virologist Dominic Dwyer in Wuhan. meeting was postponed earlier after two officials took coronavirus antibody tests in Singapore and tested positive. "Team w undergoing mandatory 14 days quarantine and being treated very well by our hosts. Work begins today, day 1, in a teleconference with China team," tweeted team member Peter Daszak, a zoologist. 

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