A doctor that sounded an early warning about the coronavirus, and ended up getting infected by it, has died.  

Dr. Li Wenliang died in Wuhan City at 2:58 BJT on February 7, 2020. The hospital where he worked made the announcement on Weibo, saying, "We deeply regret and mourn this." 

Li, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist, was, "unfortunately infected during the fight against the pneumonia epidemic of the new coronavirus infection.” 

Li was diagnosed with the coronavirus infection on February 1. He was one of the eight "whistleblowers" who tried to warn other medics of the novel coronavirus outbreak. 

The World Health Organization tweeted, "We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Li Wenliang. We all need to celebrate work that he did" on the virus.