Corona. Kidnaps the doctor who sounded the alarm
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced at a press conference on Thursday the death of a Chinese doctor who "sounded the alarm" and warned of corona before it spread dramatically.
Dr. Li Wenliang, 34, died thursday of contracting the deadly virus, which was the first to be warned, and worked as an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital.
The doctor shared his concerns through a private chat with doctors at the hospital and medical school graduates last month, after several patients showed symptoms similar to SARS.
Shortly afterwards, he began to show signs of coughing, fever and was hospitalized on 30 January and was found to be infected with the virus.
News of his death began to spread yesterday on Chinese social media, so that the dangerous virus has
On Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced its support for tests in 7,000 laboratories around the world to counter the spread of the coronavirus, which first appeared in China, infected tens of thousands and killed hundreds of people.
Chinese health authorities confirmed that deaths from mers-CoV pneumonia in the country on Thursday rose to 563,000 to 28,018,000.
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