*17 November 2019 - First Wuhan coronavirus case according to Chinese Communist Party officials searching for 'patient zero',<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-patients-zero-contracted-case-november-2020-3?op=1</ref> possibly Huang Yanling, a researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology;<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2035568207_Yanling_Huang</ref> Matthew Tye reports “Most people believe her to be patient zero, and most people believe she is dead.” Huang Yanling's profile was completely scrubbed from the Wuhan Institute of Virology's website; On February 16, 2020, the Wuhan Institute of Virology denied that Huang Yanling was patient zero. Press accounts quote the institute as saying that there were rumors of her disappearance but that she's alive and well without giving any proof. Chinese internet researchers have been looking for her.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-china-trail-leading-back-to-wuhan-labs/</ref> | *17 November 2019 - First Wuhan coronavirus case according to Chinese Communist Party officials searching for 'patient zero',<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-patients-zero-contracted-case-november-2020-3?op=1</ref> possibly Huang Yanling, a researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology;<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2035568207_Yanling_Huang</ref> Matthew Tye reports “Most people believe her to be patient zero, and most people believe she is dead.” Huang Yanling's profile was completely scrubbed from the Wuhan Institute of Virology's website; On February 16, 2020, the Wuhan Institute of Virology denied that Huang Yanling was patient zero. Press accounts quote the institute as saying that there were rumors of her disappearance but that she's alive and well without giving any proof. Chinese internet researchers have been looking for her.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-china-trail-leading-back-to-wuhan-labs/</ref> |