Chinese Doctor Who Warned Of Coronavirus Outbreak Is In “Critical Condition”
Li Wenliang, the 34-year-old Chinese doctor who tried to warn others about the Wuhan coronavirus is reported to be critically ill from the infection.
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Earlier reports stated that Wenliang had died today but The Wuhan City Central Hospital clarified those reports on its official account on the Chinese social media site, Weibo. They said that they were still trying to save the doctor, Li Wenliang, and confirmed he was still alive but is in critical condition.
“Li Wenliang is currently in critical condition,” the Global Times claimed in the early hours of Friday, local time.
“His heart reportedly stopped beating at around 21:30. He was then given treatment with ECMO (extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation),” it added, according to The Guardian.
As of Wednesday evening the death toll from the virus went up to 564 — virtually all of them in mainland China — with more than 28,000 others infected.
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