Hospital director at epicentre of coronavirus epidemic in China dies of the virus

A medical worker checks on a patient at Jinyintan hospital in Wuhan. Image: AP/PA Images A medical worker checks on a patient at Jinyintan hospital in Wuhan. Image: AP/PA Images A HOSPITAL DIRECTOR at the epicentre of China’s virus epidemic died today, state media said, the latest medical worker to fall victim to the new coronavirus spreading across the country.

China said last week that six medical workers had died from the virus, while 1,716 have been infected. Liu’s death has echoes of that of Wuhan ophthalmologist Li Wenliang, who had been punished by authorities for sounding the alarm about the virus in late December. In both cases their deaths were initially reported in state media posts — later deleted — and their deaths denied, before being finally confirmed again.

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