Wuhan residents honour coronavirus whistleblower doctor on death anniversary but no official memorials held
Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist, was one of eight whistleblowers in China who local authorities punished early on for “spreading rumors”. He sent the “rumor” because he wanted to warn others
The Associated Press
February 06, 2021 23:25:10 IST
Residents visiting the Wuhan Central Hospital offer flowers in memory of Li Wenliang, the whistleblower doctor who sounded the alarm and was reprimanded by local police for it in the early days of Wuhan's pandemic, prior to the anniversary of his death, in central China's Hubei province. AP
The message was tucked into a bouquet of chrysanthemums left by a mourner at the back of Wuhan Central Hospital to honor a Chinese whistleblower doctor who died from the coronavirus