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Kyrgyzstan|health|February 7, 2020 / 10:57 AM
Chinese doctor who tried to warn about coronavirus dies

AKIPRESS.COM - A Chinese doctor who tried to issue the first warning about the deadly coronavirus outbreak has died, the hospital treating him has said.

Li Wenliang contracted the virus while working at Wuhan Central Hospital, BBC reports.

He had sent out a warning to fellow medics on 30 December but police told him to stop "making false comments".

There had been contradictory reports about his death, but the People's Daily now says he died at 02:58 on Friday (18:58 GMT Thursday).

The virus has killed 636 people and infected 31,161 in mainland China, the National Health Commission's latest figures show.

The death toll includes 73 new deaths reported on Thursday.

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