Prominent Chinese Official Wu Zunyou Passes Away: A Tribute to a COVID-19 Prevention and Control General

2023-10-27 09:30:00

Less than a day following Li Keqiang passed away, another important official in China passed away! Wu Zunyou, a general in COVID-19 prevention and control, died of illness at the age of 60. (Reproduced from Weibo)

News of the death of former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was reported this morning (27th). Less than a day later, news of the death of another important official in China was reported. Chinese media reported that Wu Zunyou, a well-known public health expert and chief epidemiologist at the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, passed away today at the age of 60 due to illness.

Wu Zunyou studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for a master’s degree in public health, and later received a doctorate in epidemiology from the same school. He then returned to China and first engaged in AIDS prevention and treatment, and later assisted China in the fight once morest SARS. He is China’s One of the important infectious disease prevention and control scholars. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020, Wu Zunyou also stood on the front line and often promoted the concept of COVID-19 prevention and control to the public. This made Wu Zunyou a household name in China.

In January this year, Wu Zunyou was also elected as a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He promoted the concept of epidemic prevention during the Lunar New Year and accepted media interviews. However, unexpectedly, news of his death came today, which shocked many Chinese people. Netizens People also flocked to social platforms such as Weibo to express their condolences.

However, the official has not disclosed the disease that Wu Zunyou died of.

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