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}}'''Li Wenliang''' was the doctor whistleblower who published online about the new coronavirus which was later named [[COVID-19]]. | }}'''Li Wenliang''' was the doctor whistleblower who published online about the new coronavirus which was later named [[COVID-19]]. | ||
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| − | "On 10 January he started coughing, the next day he had a fever and two days later he was in hospital. He was diagnosed with the coronavirus on 30 January."<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51403795</ref> | + | "On 10 January he started coughing, the next day he had a fever and two days later he was in hospital. He was diagnosed with [[the coronavirus]] on 30 January."<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51403795</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:04, 6 April 2020
 Li Wenliang  (doctor, whistleblower) | |
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| Died | 2020 |
Cause of death | COVID-19 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Victim of | premature death |
First raised awareness of COVID-19 by publishing about it online. Disciplined by the Chinese government for "spreading rumours", posthumously pardoned. | |
Li Wenliang was the doctor whistleblower who published online about the new coronavirus which was later named COVID-19.
He was disciplined by the Chinese government for "spreading rumours", but posthumously pardoned.[1]
Illness
"On 10 January he started coughing, the next day he had a fever and two days later he was in hospital. He was diagnosed with the coronavirus on 30 January."[2]
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