He was 34 years old and had been admitted for days, infected by the coronavirus he helped detect. As confirmed by the Chinese medium in English language 'Global Times' in his Twitter account, Dr. Li Wenliang has died this Thursday.
The name of this ophthalmologist became known a few days ago because on December 30 he sent a message to colleagues about a possible epidemic. He had observed that some of his students suffered symptoms similar to the so-called SARS, the Acute and Severe Respiratory Syndrome. This ailment, considered a serious form of pneumonia, caused an outbreak in 2003 and also from an outbreak in China that caused 348 deaths in the continental territory of that country and almost 1,100 in the rest of the world. A mortality figure that the coronavirus has already exceeded.
The warning to his colleagues cited the desirability of protecting himself to avoid infection. But that message generated notable problems for Li Wenliang. Days after he wrote it, agents of the regime visited him to ask for his comment. He was even pressured to sign a letter accusing him of spreading false comments and rumors that could cause social alarm. The real reason was that the Wuhan authorities had not publicly warned of the seriousness of the outbreak.
On January 10, Li Wenliang told the Weibo social network that he had started coughing. The next day he said he had a fever and two others later he was admitted to a Wuhan hospital. A week ago, on January 30, it was diagnosed that he had been infected by the coronavirus. His death has been confirmed this Thursday.
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