Chinese Chief Epidemiologist Dies at 60

Wu Zunyou died of pancreatic cancer in his home in Beijing.

Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist at China’s Center for Disease Control, speaks during a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 29, 2022. The Chinese expert who helped lead anti-COVID measures that suspended access to cities and prompted protests has died on Oct. 27. Wu was 60. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo

China’s top epidemiologist, who steered the country toward Beijing’s stringent zero-COVID measures, has died at the age of 60, according to Chinese authorities.

Wu Zunyou, a chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, died of pancreatic cancer in his home in Beijing, about an hour past midnight local time on Oct. 27.