China - Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiology expert at the Chinese CDC, died in Beijing due to ineffective treatment at the age of 60

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China's Chief Epidemiologist Who Helped Drive Anti-COVID Fight Dies at Age 60

October 27, 2023 11:39 AM
Associated Press


BANGKOK —
Wu Zunyou, an epidemiologist who helped drive the country's strict zero-COVID measures in China that suspended access to cities and confined millions to their homes, died on Friday. He was 60.

An announcement from China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention about Wu's death gave no cause but said that "rescue measures failed."

Wu's health had been poor. He disappeared from the public eye for months last year while battling cancer.

Wu, who earned his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, had spent much of his early career working on HIV/AIDS prevention in China.
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Obituary

2023-10-27
　　
Comrade Wu Zunyou, chief expert of epidemiology at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, former director and researcher of the Center for STD and AIDS Prevention and Control at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and member of the Standing Committee of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Democratic Progressive Party , in 2023 At 12:56 on October 27 , 2016 , he died in Beijing due to ineffective treatment at the age of 60 .

　　Respect the last wishes of the deceased , keep the funeral simple, and do not hold a farewell ceremony for the body.

　　 Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

https://www.chinacdc.cn/yyrdgz/202310/t20231027_270372.html

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Death of top COVID-19 expert Wu Zunyou

(Beijing) Chinese COVID-19 expert Wu Zunyou, who had been on the front line during the epidemic, died Friday at age 60, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced.

Posted at 7:58 a.m.
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Wu Zunyou died in Beijing “following medical treatment for an illness, which proved unsuccessful,” the CDC, where he became an expert on infectious diseases, said in a statement on its website. .

Several state media outlets, citing sources within the CDC, reported that the cause of Wu Zunyou's death was pancreatic cancer.

In accordance with the wishes of Wu Zunyou, who requested a private burial, there will be no public ceremony, the CDC said.

Wu Zunyou regularly appeared in public to justify Beijing's draconian measures in terms of confinement, mass testing and quarantines.

These measures initially helped stop the spread of COVID-19, but gave way under pressure from new variants that were spreading rapidly.

They were removed in late 2022 after mass protests tested President Xi Jinping's grip on power, unleashing a torrent of infections across the country.

Born in 1963, Wu Zunyou worked at a disease prevention center in his native Anhui province before earning a doctorate in infectious diseases at the University of California (UCLA), United States.

Wu Zunyou joined the Chinese CDC in 2005 where his recognized work on AIDS prevention allowed him to become the organization's expert on infectious diseases.

He was a regular feature on state television starting in 2020, when China implemented its "zero COVID-19" policy.

Wu Zunyou often wore a simple gray suit and glasses and spoke soberly about the need to control the deadly virus.

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