Chinese doctor who tried to warn the world about a new coronavirus died of the disease, prompting an outpouring of sorrow as the death toll passed 630 via DavidStanway yanchun_liu
SHANGHAI/BEIJING - A Chinese doctor who tried to warn the world about a new coronavirus died of the disease on Friday, prompting an outpouring of sorrow as the death toll passed 630 and Beijing declared a “people’s war” on the rapidly spreading pathogen.
His messages to a group of doctors on Chinese social media warning of a new “SARS-like” coronavirus - a reference to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome which killed almost 800 people around the world in 2002-2003 - triggered the wrath of Wuhan police. China was accused of trying to cover up SARS. “The whole country has responded with all its strength to respond with the most thorough and strict prevention and control measures, starting a people’s war for epidemic prevention and control,” Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying.Many Chinese people on social media described Li as a hero and a tragic figure, charging local authorities with incompetence in the early stages of the outbreak which has now claimed more than 400 lives in Wuhan and forced the city into lockdown.
“Light a candle and pay tribute to the hero,” one person posted on social media platform Weibo. “You were the beam of light in the night.” The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China reached 636 on Friday with 73 more deaths recorded the previous day and 3,143 new confirmed infections, bringing the total so far to 31,161 cases, the National Health Commission said.
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