Beijing: Chinau2019s anti- graft watchdog on Friday launched a probe into the death of a whistleblower doctor who was reprimanded by police for spreading u2018 rumoursu2019 about the Coronavirus ( nCoV) outbreak in China that has claimed over 637 lives, amid an outpouring of global grief and anger over his death.
Chinau2019s ruling Communist Party has sent a high- level team to the epidemic- hit Wuhan city in Central Hubei province to probe Li Wenliangu2019s death on Thursday.
Li, 34, was among eight Wuhan residents who were reprimanded by local police for spreading u2018 rumoursu2019 about the outbreak of the Coronavirus in the province.
The doctor died due to the very virus he desperately tried to highlight in December last year through social media and has become a national icon with millions of netizens expressing their grief and anger over the way he was treated.
His death is widely reported by the state- run media which had earlier shunned him.
A special team will head to Wuhan to investigate issues regarding Li, state- run Peopleu2019s Daily quoted Chinau2019s top anti- corruption agency as saying on Friday.
The action has been approved by the central government and the team will have a comprehensive investigation into matters related to the deceased doctor, Chinau2019s National Supervisory Commission said in a statement.
Liu2019s death has been mourned by the National Health Commission.
u201c After emergency treatment, Li Wenliang passed away. We deeply regret and mourn Liu2019s death,u201d the Central Hospital of Wuhan said.
Liu2019s death triggered an outpouring of comments on Chinau2019s social media sites as well as concerns from the international community.
u201c We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr Li Wenliang. We all need to celebrate work that he did on 2019 nCoV,u201d the World Health Organisation ( WHO) tweeted. Agencies Japan: At least 61 people on board a cruise ship off Japan tested positive for the Coronavirus, the government said on Friday, as thousands of passengers and crew face a two- week quarantine. An additional 41 passengers were found to have contracted the virus.
u201c The results of the remaining 171 tests came out and 41 tested positive,u201d Health Minister Katsunobu Kato told reporters. u201c Today they will be sent to hospitals in several prefectures, and we are now preparing for that.u201d The newly diagnosed include 21 Japanese, as well as Americans, Canadians, Australians, an Argentine and a Briton.
Agencies China announces probe into whistleblower doctoru2019s death nCoV cases on Japan cruise ship treble to 61 Li was among eight Wuhan residents who were reprimanded by local police in early January for spreading u2018 rumoursu2019 about the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus in the Hubei province The doctor died due to the very virus he tried to highlight in December last year and has become a national icon with millions expressing their grief and anger over the way he was treated Chinese Coronavirus whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang who died of the virus on Thursday. PIC/ AFP 637 Total no of deaths in China till Friday
