Doctor who blew the whistle on coronavirus dies
The Wuhan specialist, accused of 'illegal behaviour' for first alerting colleagues, had tested positive for the virus
7th February 2020
A whistleblowing Chinese doctor, who was reprimanded for "spreading rumours" about the coronavirus before it was officially recognised, died on Friday after testing positive for the virus, reported the hospital where he had worked.
Dr Li Wenliang.
Dr Li Wenliang — an ophthalmologist at a hospital in Wuhan, the city at the epicentre of the outbreak — was one of eight