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Post by Admin on May 6, 2020 11:52:15 GMT
3 Russian doctors, one with virus, ‘fall out’ of hospital windows in 2 weeks
Scene from an empty Moscow, Russia on April 3, 2020
Three doctors “have mysteriously fallen out of hospital windows in Russia over the past two weeks,” CNN reports, and only one is still alive. The physicians are Alexander Shulepov, an ambulance doctor in Voronezh and the only one to survive the fall; Elena Nepomnyashchaya, acting head doctor of a hospital in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia; and Natalya Lebedeva, head of the emergency medical service at Star City, which CNN notes is “the main training base for Russia's cosmonauts.” Dr. Shulepov tested positive for the coronavirus and said in a now-retracted video that he was being forced to continue working anyway. CNN noted that a Siberian TV station reported Dr. Nepomnyashchaya, who is now dead, “ allegedly fell out of a window during a meeting with regional health officials, during which they discussed turning the clinic into a coronavirus facility” (emphasis added). |
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Post by Admin on May 6, 2020 11:54:58 GMT
Pitt researcher studying coronavirus killed in suspected murder-suicide in Ross Township
Bing Liu "was on the verge of making very significant findings" in a SARS-CoV-2 research project
at the University of Pittsburgh, his department said.
ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man who police said was found shot dead at his Ross Township home was a research assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was working on a coronavirus research project. Police said they believe that Bing Liu, 37, was shot inside his Elm Court townhome by a man who then went outside to his car and shot himself. Liu's death is believed to be a homicide, police said. The second man was found dead inside the vehicle on Charlemagne Circle, police said. He is identified as 46-year old Hao Gu and police believe their relationship was not connected to Liu's research on the coronavirus, "we haven't had anything at this point that has come to the investigation that has anything to do with Mr. Liu's employment or his research," says Ross Township Det. Brian Kolhepp. Liu was a researcher with the department of computational and systems biology in the Pitt School of Medicine, the department said Monday. "Bing was on the verge of making very significant findings toward understanding the cellular mechanisms that underlie SARS-CoV-2 infection and the cellular basis of the following complications," the department said in a written statement. "We will make an effort to complete what he started in an effort to pay homage to his scientific excellence." Liu was described as an outstanding researcher and mentor, with expertise in computational modeling and analysis of biological systems dynamics. "His loss will be felt throughout the entire scientific community," the university said. Police said Liu and the man who shot him knew each other. Authorities have not discussed a possible motive for the shooting, which remained under investigation Monday.
[Emphasis mine.]
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