Scientist from Italy plans to stay in Wuhan

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Sara Platto, a well-known expert on animal behavior, could have returned to Italy at the beginning of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic but chose to stay in Wuhan, Hubei province, the focal point of the disease.

"I don't have any intention to leave Wuhan. It is my home. And I'm more useful here than any other place," said Platto, an associate professor at Jianghan University's School of Life Sciences and a science consultant at the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation.