The Chinese doctor who wanted to warn you about the danger of the Coronavirus dies

Oculist Li Wenliang informed his group of colleagues at the School of Medicine on December 30th of a Chinese text app that seven patients from a local food market suffering from diseases similar to SARS were quarantined at his Wuhan hospital.

Chinese police responded very quickly to the doctor's claims and visited him, telling him not to talk about the matter, as authorities wanted to keep all news silent

The Oculist posted his story on the Weibo page from a hospital bed a month after sending his initial warning.

Lee, 34, had observed seven cases of a virus he thought looked like Sars virus that led to a global epidemic in 2003.

On December 30th, he sent a message to other doctors in a conversation group, warning them to wear protective clothing to avoid infection.

Four days later he was called to the Public Security Bureau, where he was told to sign a letter. On paper he was charged with false “conceptions” that had “severely reduced social order”.

He was one of eight people the police said was being investigated for “spreading rumors”.

Local authorities later apologized to Dr. Lee, the Kosovo Press broadcast.

In his post at Weibo he describes how on January 10th he began coughing, the next day he had fever and two days later he was in hospital. He was diagnosed with coronary on January 30th.

A number of posts on Chinese social media sites have expressed grief over his death.

Most of the victims of the coronobius were over 60 years old or suffered from other medical conditions, according to China's health authorities. Doctor Lee's medical history is unknown.

The virus has so far killed over 560 people and infected 28,000 others in China.