Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, exactly what happened at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) remains a mystery, but there is a growing suspicion that the virus likely originated in the institute’s P4 lab. Meanwhile, three women who are connected to the WIV have become the focus of discussions in recent years.
Experts say the three female scientists may hold the key to the mystery. Their roles in the months prior to and immediately after the pandemic began were very different, but each may be significant in tracing the virus’s origins.
The Director
Wang Yanyi, born in 1981, is the director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology. In 2000, she was admitted to the School of Life Sciences at Peking University as an art student, but switched to science and earned a bachelor’s degree in life sciences in 2004….