Coronavirus whistleblower punished for ‘spreading rumors’ now infected with disease

Published February 1, 2020 7:08pm ET



A Chinese doctor who warned about the coronavirus in December and was reprimanded by Chinese authorities for “spreading rumors” has been infected by the illness.

“Today’s nucleic acid (novel coronavirus) test came back positive. Everything is settled now — it’s finally confirmed,” Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, wrote on Weibo, a Chinese social media app.

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