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07/02/2020 GMT

Anger in China after virus doctor’s death

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Dr Li Wenliang’s death has sparked an unprecedented level of public anger in China.

Dr Li Wenliang’s death has sparked an unprecedented level of public anger and grief in China.

Chinese social media users are expressing anger after the death of the doctor who tried to issue the first warning about the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Li Wenliang is one of the victims of the infection that is linked to over six hundred deaths. 

Also in the programme: the United States has announced that it has killed the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; and British actor and politician Lord Michael Cashman talks about what it was like to be gay in the UK when it was still illegal. 

(Picture: Li Wenliang contracted the virus while working at Wuhan Central Hospital. Credit: Li Wenliang)

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