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(839 posts)Li Wenliang's messages in the "Wuhan University Clinical Medicine 2004" WeChat group
on 30 December 2019
(CST 17:43)
Li: There are 7 confirmed cases of SARS(sic) at Huanan Seafood Market.
Li: (Picture of diagnosis report)
Li: (Video of CT scan results)
Li: They are being isolated in the emergency department of our hospital's Houhu Hospital District.
(CST 18:42)
Someone: Be careful, or else our chat group might be dismissed.
Li: The latest news is, it has been confirmed that they are coronavirus infections, but the exact virus is being subtyped.
Li: Don't circulate the information outside of this group, tell your family and loved ones to take caution.
Li: In 1937, coronaviruses were first isolated from chicken...
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