A Wuhan doctor who worked with coronavirus whistleblower Li Wenliang died of the virus last week, state media reported Tuesday, becoming China’s first COVID-19 fatality in weeks. Hu Weifeng, a urologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, died on Friday after being treated for COVID-19 and allied issues for more than four months, state broadcaster CCTV said. He is the sixth doctor from Wuhan Central Hospital to have died from the virus, which emerged in the central Chinese city late last year. Wuhan Central Hospital has yet to give a formal statement on Hu’s death. Other medical whistleblowers at Wuhan Central Hospital – including emergency unit director Ai Fen – have told Chinese media they were punished by authorities for speaking out.

Source: Punch June 02, 2020 06:00 UTC