Death of Chinese doctor who warned about coronavirus sparks outpouring of anger
4 years, 11 months ago

Death of Chinese doctor who warned about coronavirus sparks outpouring of anger

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. News of his death on Friday morning became the most-read topic on China’s microblogging wesbite Weibo and prompted hundreds of thousands of people to pay tribute below the doctor’s final post on social media. “A hero who released information about Wuhan’s epidemic in the early stage, Dr Li Wenliang is immortal,” wrote Zeng Guang, chief scientist at the China Center for Disease Control. The World Health Organisation said on Twitter that it was “deeply saddened” by news of his death while Amnesty International said the doctor’s death highlighted China’s human rights failings. “Nobody should face harassment or sanctions for speaking out about public dangers, just because it may cause embarrassment to the government.” China’s anti-corruption agency, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said on Friday it would send investigators to Wuhan to probe “issues raised by the people in connection with Dr Li Wenliang.” Li raised concerns about the new virus in a message to a group of doctors on WeChat, a Chinese messaging platform, in December.

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China’s chief epidemiologist who helped drive the anti-COVID fight dies at age 60
1 year, 2 months ago

China’s chief epidemiologist who helped drive the anti-COVID fight dies at age 60

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Wu Zunyou, an epidemiologist who helped drive the country’s strict zero-COVID measures in China that suspended access to cities and confined millions to their homes, died on Friday. An announcement from China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention about Wu’s death gave no cause, but said that “rescue measures failed.” Wu’s health had been poor. Yet, as China …

‘Masking actual number of deaths’: Social media posts claim China fudging data on fatalities
2 years ago

‘Masking actual number of deaths’: Social media posts claim China fudging data on fatalities

Firstpost  

There is a flood of social media posts on China’s Twitter-style Weibo platform talking about longer-than-normal queues at crematoriums and funeral homes, that are buckling under a growing number of bodies, ostensibly all Covid-19 deaths Beijing: Grappling with an unprecedented increase in deaths due to Covid-19 across provinces, the Chinese authorities are not putting out actual figures of the number …

WHO Covid team arrives in Wuhan as China records first death in months
3 years, 11 months ago

WHO Covid team arrives in Wuhan as China records first death in months

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The first cases of Covid-19 were linked to a …

China delayed releasing information on coronavirus, frustrating WHO
4 years, 7 months ago

China delayed releasing information on coronavirus, frustrating WHO

India Today  

Throughout January, the World Health Organisation publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic map of the virus “immediately,” and said its work and commitment to transparency were “very impressive, and beyond words.” But behind the scenes, it was a much different story, one …

Inside the Early Days of China’s Coronavirus Cover-Up
4 years, 8 months ago

Inside the Early Days of China’s Coronavirus Cover-Up

Wired  

Late on the night of February 2, as her insomnia kicked in, a Beijing woman whom I’ll call Yue took out her phone and religiously clicked open WeChat and Weibo. Over the past two fitful weeks, the two Chinese social media platforms had offered practically her only windows into the “purgatory,” as she called it, of Wuhan. An inveterate news …

In China, a son blames Wuhan for father’s coronavirus death
4 years, 8 months ago

In China, a son blames Wuhan for father’s coronavirus death

Al Jazeera  

Army veteran Zhang Lifa went to a Wuhan hospital in January after breaking his leg. Zhang Hai’s 76-year-old father Zhang Lifa died of the disease, also known as COVID-19 on February 1 at a hospital in the city where 3,868 others have officially died of the disease. “At the time I quit my job to better look after my father …

Wuhan residents say China Coronavirus death toll higher than reported
4 years, 8 months ago

Wuhan residents say China Coronavirus death toll higher than reported

Op India  

While the Chinese Communist regime is busy projecting that the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus in the country is gradually on the wane, the residents of Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly contagion that has ravaged hundreds of countries across the world and afflicted more than 2.1 million people globally with a staggering death count of 146,000+, believe that the …

Wuhan, China’s coronavirus epicenter, raises official death toll by 50%
4 years, 8 months ago

Wuhan, China’s coronavirus epicenter, raises official death toll by 50%

LA Times  

Funeral home workers remove the body of a person suspected to have died of COVID-19 from a residential building in Wuhan, China, in February. China’s official death toll from the coronavirus pandemic jumped sharply Friday as the hardest-hit city of Wuhan announced a major revision that added nearly 1,300 fatalities. The undercount stemmed from several factors, according to a notification …

China pauses in memory of coronavirus victims and 'martyrs'
4 years, 9 months ago

China pauses in memory of coronavirus victims and 'martyrs'

Deccan Chronicle  

WUHAN: China came to a standstill on Saturday to mourn patients and medical staff killed by the coronavirus, as the world's most populous country observed a nationwide three-minute silence. Remembrance Officials said the observance was a chance to mourn virus "martyrs" -- an honorific title bestowed by the government this week on 14 medical workers who died fighting the outbreak. …

China to observe April 4 as mourning day for coronavirus victims
4 years, 9 months ago

China to observe April 4 as mourning day for coronavirus victims

The Hindu  

China will observe a national day of mourning on Saturday for martyrs, including the “whistleblower” doctor Li Wenliang, who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak and the over 3,300 people who died of it in the country. Martyrs Fourteen frontline workers in Central China’s Hubei Province, including “whistleblower” doctor Li Wenliang, were identified as martyrs on …

Trump’s contradictory views on China shift as crisis grows
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump’s contradictory views on China shift as crisis grows

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has held an unequivocal position about China and the coronavirus — several of them. Anticipating a backlash, China’s official Xinhua News Agency last month suggested that Beijing could retaliate against the U.S. by banning the export of medical products that would leave the U.S. stuck in the ”ocean of viruses.” Early in the outbreak, Trump …

China wants to keep coronavirus critics silent – but its journalists are fighting back
4 years, 9 months ago

China wants to keep coronavirus critics silent – but its journalists are fighting back

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The government doesn’t want Chinese citizens to have access …

China Exonerates Dr. Li Wenliang Reprimanded For Warning About Coronavirus Outbreak
4 years, 9 months ago

China Exonerates Dr. Li Wenliang Reprimanded For Warning About Coronavirus Outbreak

Huff Post  

After seeing thousands of new cases daily at the peak of the city’s outbreak a month ago, Wuhan on Friday had its second consecutive day with no new confirmed or suspected cases. The National Health Commission said all of the 39 new cases recorded Friday in China were brought from overseas, showing that rigid travel restrictions and social distancing requirements …

China exonerates whistleblower doctor reprimanded for warning of coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

China exonerates whistleblower doctor reprimanded for warning of coronavirus

India TV News  

China has vindicated a doctor who first warned about the coronavirus outbreak but was reprimanded by the Chinese authorities and later died of the disease. The party's top disciplinary body said the police force in Wuhan had revoked its admonishment of Dr. Li Wenliang that had included a threat of arrest. No new COVID-19 domestic case in China The National …

The corona lesson: Cozying up to Xi’s China has a heavy cost
4 years, 9 months ago

The corona lesson: Cozying up to Xi’s China has a heavy cost

Deccan Chronicle  

2020 is the Year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac, and the social media is exploding with memes of Chinese president Xi Jinping wrestling a plague -- the coronavirus outbreak that first took place in Wuhan, in Hubei province, and then spread across the world. Indeed, the vaunted efficiency of the Chinese Communist Party’s 'authoritarian capitalism' is being sorely …

COVID-19: Wuhan doctor who postponed wedding to treat patients dies
4 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19: Wuhan doctor who postponed wedding to treat patients dies

The Hindu  

A 29-year-old Chinese doctor, who postponed his wedding to treat patients infected with the deadly coronavirus, has died treating them after being infected by the virus, the ninth fatality among the healthcare providers working to contain the outbreak. Dr. Peng Yinhua, doctor of a Wuhan hospital who treated patients infected with the coronavirus, died on Thursday night, according to the …

Coronavirus: Doctor, who postponed his wedding to treat patients, dies of virus
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus: Doctor, who postponed his wedding to treat patients, dies of virus

Live Mint  

Beijing: A 29-year-old Chinese doctor, who postponed his wedding to treat patients infected with the deadly coronavirus, has died treating them after being infected by the virus, the ninth fatality among the healthcare providers working to contain the outbreak. Dr Peng Yinhua, doctor of a Wuhan hospital who treated patients infected with the coronavirus, died on Thursday night, according to …

Cheating death: China’s Wuhan coronavirus survivors recall ordeal
4 years, 10 months ago

Cheating death: China’s Wuhan coronavirus survivors recall ordeal

Al Jazeera  

Amid reports of infections nearing 75,000 the number of survivors is also growing with more than 14,000 reported. “No RNA test kits were available at the beginning and after almost a week, I finally got the test and received a positive result, then the hospital said I needed two consecutive positive results to be admitted!” “I don’t know what to …

Wuhan hospital director dies of COVID-19
4 years, 10 months ago

Wuhan hospital director dies of COVID-19

The Hindu  

The head of a leading hospital in China's central city of Wuhan, the epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak, died of COVID-19 on Tuesday, state television said, becoming the second prominent Chinese doctor to have succumbed to the outbreak. Liu Zhiming, the director of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital, died at 10:30 a.m., it said. On Monday night, the Communist Party propaganda department …

February 15, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 10 months ago

February 15, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

Chinese President Xi Jinping is facing a major challenge to his vast system of censorship and information control, but history does not bode well for those arrayed against him. Following revelations that authorities in Wuhan downplayed news of the coronavirus outbreak in December and silenced whistleblowers, there have been numerous calls for freedom of speech and a relaxation of censorship. …

February 15, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 10 months ago

February 15, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

Chinese President Xi Jinping is facing a major challenge to his vast system of censorship and information control, but history does not bode well for those arrayed against him. Following revelations that authorities in Wuhan downplayed news of the coronavirus outbreak in December and silenced whistleblowers, there have been numerous calls for freedom of speech and a relaxation of censorship. …

Virus storytellers challenge China’s official narrative
4 years, 10 months ago

Virus storytellers challenge China’s official narrative

Associated Press  

BEIJING — After nearly a week of roaming China’s epidemic-struck city, filming the dead and the sickened in overwhelmed hospitals, the strain of being hounded by both the new virus and the country’s dissent-quelling police started to tell. That’s partly because the more than 50 million people locked down in cities under quarantine are “really anxious and bored and their …

Death of whistleblower ignites calls for political reform in China
4 years, 11 months ago

Death of whistleblower ignites calls for political reform in China

The Hindu  

The death of a whistleblowing doctor who was reprimanded for warning about the new coronavirus has sparked rare calls for political reform and free speech in China. At least two open letters demanding free speech have circulated on social media since the 34-year-old's death — one signed by 10 professors in Wuhan. Li's efforts “vigorously maintained the interests of the …

China virus funeral order fuels upset as death toll rises
4 years, 11 months ago

China virus funeral order fuels upset as death toll rises

Al Jazeera  

Experts say order that all victims be cremated quickly without a funeral is unnecessary and adds to families’ grief. According to the NHC cremation order: “If family members of an nCoV-2019 patient refuse to show up for the procedure or refuse to comply, and medical institutions, cremation parlors have failed to persuade them to do so, then the body can …

February 8, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 11 months ago

February 8, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

A lawyer turned citizen journalist reporting from in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, has been forcibly quarantined, friends and relatives said on Friday. “I’m scared, I have the virus in front of me and behind me China’s law enforcement,” Chen told viewers in an emotional video recorded on January 30 before his disappearance. Chen Qiushi: Wuhan is short …

February 8, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 11 months ago

February 8, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

A lawyer turned citizen journalist reporting from in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, has been forcibly quarantined, friends and relatives said on Friday. “I’m scared, I have the virus in front of me and behind me China’s law enforcement,” Chen told viewers in an emotional video recorded on January 30 before his disappearance. Chen Qiushi: Wuhan is short …

Wuhan coronavirus: Deadliest day in China, US national dies
4 years, 11 months ago

Wuhan coronavirus: Deadliest day in China, US national dies

CNN  

Beijing CNN — A US national in China is believed to be the first foreigner to die from the Wuhan coronavirus, authorities confirmed Saturday, while a Japanese man suspected of having the virus in Wuhan has died of pneumonia. The US Embassy in Beijing confirmed a 60-year-old American national had died on Thursday at the Jinyintian Hospital in Wuhan, while …

Li Wenliang, China’s hero doctor, was punished for telling truth about coronavirus (opinion)
4 years, 11 months ago

Li Wenliang, China’s hero doctor, was punished for telling truth about coronavirus (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Michael Bociurkiw is a global affairs analyst and a former spokesman for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. As Li recently told the Chinese magazine Caixin before his death: “I think a healthy society should not only have one kind of voice.” Li is credited with being the first medical professional to sound the alarm on …

Death Of Doctor Who Warned Of Coronavirus Unleashes Fury At Chinese Officials
4 years, 11 months ago

Death Of Doctor Who Warned Of Coronavirus Unleashes Fury At Chinese Officials

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BEIJING — The death of a young doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China’s new virus triggered an outpouring Friday of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above public safety. “A hero who released information about Wuhan’s epidemic in the early stage, Dr. Li Wenliang is immortal,” the China Center for Disease …

China announces probe into death of Li Wenliang; doctor was first to raise alarm about coronavirus in early January
4 years, 11 months ago

China announces probe into death of Li Wenliang; doctor was first to raise alarm about coronavirus in early January

Firstpost  

On 3 January, Li and the seven others were summoned by Wuhan police for ‘spreading fake information on the internet’, state-run China Daily reported Beijing: China’s anti-graft watchdog on Friday launched a probe into the death of a whistle blower doctor who was reprimanded by police for spreading “rumours” about the coronavirus outbreak in China that has claimed over 630 …

China hails coronavirus whistleblower as ‘hero willing to speak the truth’
4 years, 11 months ago

China hails coronavirus whistleblower as ‘hero willing to speak the truth’

Hindustan Times  

China on Friday said it will investigate the death of the whistleblower doctor who was reprimanded by Wuhan police for issuing an early warning about the Coronavirus outbreak in January before it was officially announced. On Friday, China’s National Supervisory Commission decided to dispatch an inspection group to Wuhan, capital city of Hubei Province, to thoroughly investigate issues related to …

China rage over coronavirus death of whistleblower doctor, orders high-level probe
4 years, 11 months ago

China rage over coronavirus death of whistleblower doctor, orders high-level probe

India TV News  

China's anti-graft watchdog on Friday launched a probe into the death of a whistle blower doctor who was reprimanded by police for spreading "rumours" about the coronavirus outbreak in China that has claimed over 630 lives, amid an outpouring of global grief and anger over his demise. China's ruling Communist Party has sent a high-level investigation team to the epidemic-hit …

February 7, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 11 months ago

February 7, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

Li Wenliang, the Chinese whistleblower doctor in Wuhan who died on February 6, 2020. Li Wenliang The death of Chinese whistleblower Li Wenliang after he became infected with the novel coronavirus has sparked an unprecedented outpouring of grief and anger toward the government in China. Li hadn’t wanted to become a public figure – he was first interviewed anonymously by …

February 7, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 11 months ago

February 7, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

Li Wenliang, the Chinese whistleblower doctor in Wuhan who died on February 6, 2020. Li Wenliang The death of Chinese whistleblower Li Wenliang after he became infected with the novel coronavirus has sparked an unprecedented outpouring of grief and anger toward the government in China. Li hadn’t wanted to become a public figure – he was first interviewed anonymously by …

Chinese whistleblowing doctor dies of coronavirus
4 years, 11 months ago

Chinese whistleblowing doctor dies of coronavirus

The Hindu  

A whistleblowing Chinese doctor who was reprimanded for “spreading rumours” about the coronavirus before it was officially recognised died on Thursday after testing positive for the virus, the hospital where he worked said. Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at a hospital in Wuhan, the city at the epicentre of the outbreak, was one of eight people reprimanded by Wuhan police last …

Coronavirus whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang dies from infection in Wuhan, local hospital says
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang dies from infection in Wuhan, local hospital says

ABC  

A Wuhan hospital says a Chinese doctor who blew the whistle on the outbreak of coronavirus only to be reprimanded by police has died from the virus, amid confusion over earlier reports of his death and then resuscitation. Key points: Li Wenliang was reprimanded by local police after trying to warn medics of the outbreak He was later diagnosed with …

China To Investigate After Whistleblower Doctor Dies From Coronavirus
4 years, 11 months ago

China To Investigate After Whistleblower Doctor Dies From Coronavirus

NPR  

China To Investigate After Whistleblower Doctor Dies From Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images China says it has launched an investigation into "issues" related to the death on Friday of a doctor whose early efforts to alert his colleagues to the dangers of a new coronavirus were quashed by authorities. Meanwhile, President …

Grief, anger in China as doctor who warned about coronavirus dies
4 years, 11 months ago

Grief, anger in China as doctor who warned about coronavirus dies

Al Jazeera  

Dr Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist, was reprimanded by officials after warning about the disease in December. In response to the doctor’s death, China’s anti-corruption agency, the National Supervisory Commission, announced on Friday that it is sending a team to Hubei to conduct a “comprehensive investigation.” In an almost unprecedented scene, people’s Weibo and WeChat feeds were filled with grief …

Is the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak threatening Xi’s hold on power?
4 years, 11 months ago

Is the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak threatening Xi’s hold on power?

Al Jazeera  

Analysts debate whether China’s leader will emerge from crisis unscathed, or face political and social instability. In a separate statement confirming the call, the White House said Trump expressed “confidence” in Xi’s leadership in battling the virus. “You can’t have him as the undisputed, unchallenged leader of China on one hand, and then say that in his watch, under his …

Chinese doctor who sounded alarm about coronavirus outbreak dies
4 years, 11 months ago

Chinese doctor who sounded alarm about coronavirus outbreak dies

Hindustan Times  

A Chinese doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the coronavirus outbreak died Friday after coming down with the illness, a hospital reported. The Wuhan Central Hospital said on its social media account that Dr Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist, was “unfortunately infected during the fight against the pneumonia epidemic …

Chinese Doctor Who Sounded Alarm On Coronavirus Dead At 34
4 years, 11 months ago

Chinese Doctor Who Sounded Alarm On Coronavirus Dead At 34

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BEIJING — A Chinese doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the coronavirus outbreak died after coming down with the illness Friday, a hospital reported. The Wuhan Central Hospital said on its social media account that Dr. Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist, was “unfortunately infected during the …

Whistle-blower Li Wenliang had warned of Coronavirus, was reprimanded by police: A tale to tell
4 years, 11 months ago

Whistle-blower Li Wenliang had warned of Coronavirus, was reprimanded by police: A tale to tell

India TV News  

Doctor Li Wenliang who had warned other medics about coronavirus, died of the virus on Thursday. On December 30, Li Wenliang texted his medical school batchmates that seven patients from a local seafood market had been diagnosed with a SARS-like illness and quarantined in his hospital. Li was working in Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the epicenter of the …

Chinese doctor who first warned about coronavirus outbreak dies
4 years, 11 months ago

Chinese doctor who first warned about coronavirus outbreak dies

India TV News  

Chinese doctor Li Wenliang, 34, who warned other medics of the coronavirus outbreak died of the epidemic on Thursday. He was the first to report about the virus way back in December last year when it first emerged in Wuhan, the provincial capital of China's central Hubei province. He dropped a bombshell in his medical school alumni group on the …

February 6, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 11 months ago

February 6, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

Editor’s note:This story has been updated to reflect further reporting from Chinese state media and an official statement from the hospital. The Chinese doctor who sounded early warnings about the Wuhan coronavirus is in a critical condition, according to the hospital treating him and several state media outlets. Wuhan Central Hospital said on its official Weibo account that Li Wenliang, …

Chinese doctor who first found out about coronavirus was censored. Now, he's dead due to virus
4 years, 11 months ago

Chinese doctor who first found out about coronavirus was censored. Now, he's dead due to virus

India Today  

The Chinese doctor who first warned his government of the coronavirus outbreak but had his claims dismissed has now died of the virus. Li Wenliang, who had first shared suspicion of a Sars-like illness spreading in Wuhan, died on Thursday after he was infected by the coronavirus, the state-run Global Times reported. READ | Punch your coronavirus stress away, China …

Chinese Doctor Who Sounded Early Warning About Coronavirus Dies After Contracting It
4 years, 11 months ago

Chinese Doctor Who Sounded Early Warning About Coronavirus Dies After Contracting It

NPR  

Chinese Doctor Who Sounded Early Warning About Coronavirus Dies After Contracting It A hospital in China says a doctor who was reprimanded by authorities for sounding an early warning about the coronavirus has died from the illness. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A doctor in China who sounded an early warning about the new coronavirus has now died of the illness. …

Wuhan hospital announces death of whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang
4 years, 11 months ago

Wuhan hospital announces death of whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the latest statement from Wuhan Central Hospital, after confusion in state media reports. Li Wenliang died of the virus in the early hours of Friday morning local time, Wuhan Central Hospital, where he worked, said in a statement. Hours of confusion followed, with Wuhan Central Hospital releasing a statement saying Li …

Coronavirus Whistleblower Dies From The Disease In China
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus Whistleblower Dies From The Disease In China

NPR  

Coronavirus Whistleblower Dies From The Disease In China Enlarge this image toggle caption Barcroft Media/Getty Images Barcroft Media/Getty Images Updated at 9:20 p.m. ET A Chinese doctor who was among the first to blow the whistle on the new coronavirus has died from the disease, the hospital treating him said on social media early Friday local time. Sponsor Message Asia …

Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm about coronavirus dies
4 years, 11 months ago

Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm about coronavirus dies

LA Times  

Li Wenliang was reprimanded by police after warning colleagues about a new respiratory disease in Wuhan. A Chinese doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the coronavirus outbreak died Friday after coming down with the illness, a hospital reported. The Wuhan Central Hospital said on its social media account that …

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