A Chinese doctor treating patients who contracted the coronavirus died after contracting the virus himself.
Liang Wudong, 62, died Saturday morning after he was infected with Wuhan coronavirus and admitted to the Wuhan Medical Treatment Center. Wudong was one of the top ear, nose, and throat doctors at the Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese & Western Medicine before he retired last year.
The Communist Party’s newspaper, the People’s Daily, said that the doctor died “at the front line fighting against” the coronavirus in a post on Twitter.
Doctor Liang Wudong at the ENT department of Hubei Xinhua Hospital who had been at the front line fighting against #nCoV2019 in Wuhan, died from the virus on Sat at the age of 62. #RIP pic.twitter.com/kahysasuIB
— People’s Daily, China (@PDChina) January 25, 2020
More than 40 people have died, and 1,200 people across the globe have been infected with the mysterious virus, many of whom are in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed it is monitoring 63 patients in 22 states for possible instances of the coronavirus. Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said Friday that 11 of the 63 patients have tested negative for the virus, while two have tested positive.
