Coronavirus claims the life of the Chinese doctor who alerted the world about the epidemic
Published 53 mins ago on February 6, 2020
By Agence France-Presse
A Chinese doctor, among the first to raise the alert about China’s new coronavirus, himself died from the pathogen on Friday, emphasizing the depth of a worsening crisis that has killed more than 560 people.
Global panic also spread, with thousands trapped on quarantined cruise ships.
Ophthalmologist Li Wenliang died at 2:58 am, Wuhan Central Hospital said in a post on its verified account on Chinese social media platform Weibo.
The 34-year-old sent out a message about the new coronavirus to colleagues on December 30, but was later among eight whistleblowers summoned by police for “rumour-mongering.”
He later contracted the disease while treating a patient and has been hailed as a hero by Chinese internet users.
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R.I.P. and thank you, sir. 
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for information in China (the government)?' as a result of his warning and the fallout of the epidemic. At least that is what many in the public are saying now, though i doubt they state it publicly. He called coronavirus an outbreak in late december/early January. Communist Chinese government tried to make him take his warning back and say his warning was an unfounded rumour. What a hero.
