Li Wenliang

Li Wenliang (; 12 October 1986 – 6 February 2020) was a Chinese ophthalmologist at . He was thought to be one of the first people to issue a warning about the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, on 30 December 2019.

On 3 January 2020, Wuhan police arrested him for "making false comments on the Internet". Li returned to work but later suffered from the virus from an infected patient. He died from the infection on 6 February 2020.

300px|Police letter of admonition (训诫书)

"The city of Wuhan does owe an apology to Mr Li" (武汉市的确欠对李文亮的一个道歉).

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Li Wenliang on Weibo

Category:1986 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:Chinese physicians
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in China