Li Wenliang
Also known as Wenliang Li, Wen Liang Li, Li Wen Liang, Li_Wenliang
Chinese ophthalmologist known for warning about the coronavirus in December 2019 (1986-2020)
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Li Wenliang was a Chinese eye doctor who alerted others to a dangerous new virus spreading in Wuhan in December 2019, before it became known as COVID-19. He became an important figure in the early pandemic because his early warnings helped draw attention to the outbreak, though he died from the virus himself in February 2020.
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Li Wenliang (Chinese: 李文亮; 12 October 1985 – 7 February 2020) was a Chinese ophthalmologist who warned his colleagues about early COVID-19 infections in Wuhan.
On 30 December 2019, Wuhan Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (Wuhan CDC) issued emergency warnings to local hospitals about a number of mysterious "pneumonia" cases discovered in the city in the previous week. On the same day, Li, who worked at the Central Hospital of Wuhan, received an internal diagnostic report of a suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patient from other doctors, which he in turn shared with his Wuhan University alumni through a WeChat group.
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