BEIJING (AP): A Chinese doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the coronavirus outbreak died Friday after coming down with the illness. "If the officials had disclosed information about the epidemic earlier,” Li said in an interview in the Times via text messages, "I think it would have been a lot better. There was no close contact with the parents, yet it was diagnosed with the disease," Zeng Lingkong, director of neonatal diseases at Wuhan Children’s Hospital, told Chinese TV. MORE HOSPITAL BEDSChina finished building a second new hospital Thursday to isolate and treat patients - a 1,500-bed center in Wuhan. Earlier this week, another rapidly constructed, 1,000-bed hospital in Wuhan with prefabricated wards and isolation rooms began taking patients.

Source: The Star February 06, 2020 22:18 UTC