A Chinese doctor reprimanded by local authorities for trying to sound the alarm on the coronavirus is near death after contracting the disease.
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Dr. Li Wenliang, 34, is on a life-support machine at a hospital in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, officials said Thursday. 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.The virus had killed 564 people in China as of Thursday morning, 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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