LATEST: A Chinese doctor reprimanded by local authorities for trying to sound the alarm on the coronavirus, which has infected more than 28,000 and killed more than 560, has died after contracting the disease.
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Dr. Li Wenliang, 34, died Thursday at a hospital in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, officials said.Chinese state media outlets reported that Li's heart stopped Thursday morning, but doctors resuscitated him. File Photo: Dr. Li Wenliang, the Chinese whistleblower who warned the public of a potential 'SARS-like' disease in December 2019, is seen in this photo after he contracted the coronavius.Prior to Li's death, the virus had killed 564 people in China, according to the World Health Organization.Since the outbreak started in December in Wuhan, it's been detected in an additional 225 patients in 28 other countries, including 12 cases in the United States, according to the WHO.
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