China virus crisis deepens as whistleblower doctor dies

A combined photo obtained on February 7, 2020 shows Chinese coronavirus whistleblowing doctor Li Wenliang whose death was confirmed on February 7, at the Wuhan Central Hospital, China. – The death of a whistleblowing ophthalmologist whose early warnings about China’s new coronavirus outbreak were suppressed by the police has unleashed a wave of anger at the government’s handling of the crisis — and bold demands for more freedom.

The disease has since spread across China, prompting the government to lock down cities of tens of millions of people, and panic has spiralled around the globe as more than 240 cases have emerged in two dozen countries.Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, whose countries have tussled over trade and human rights, spoke on the phone about the health emergency.

“Those fat officials who live on public money, may you die from a snowstorm,” wrote another Weibo user in a comment that was later scrubbed. Medical staff are overstretched and lack sufficient protective gear, the deputy governor of Hubei province admitted Thursday. The first fatality was reported on January 11. The death toll has since soared to 636, with 73 more reported on Friday and an additional 3,000 new infections.The virus is believed to have emerged from a market selling exotic animals in Wuhan before jumping to humans and spreading across China and abroad as millions travelled for the Lunar New Year holiday.

Authorities in Wuhan are “combing” communities to find people suspected or confirmed to have the virus and place them in quarantine, state media said.

this is so sad.hope China will learn from this.the human capital cost of this virus can never be gotten back. economics will recover from the set back of this virus but will families and humanity that has lost such great minds like this Chinese doctor recover?. Our prayers wit u

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