China to look into dead doctor who raised early alarm on new virus

China's national supervisory commission sent a special team to Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, on Friday to investigate public uproar over the deceased doctor Li Wenliang, who was one of the first to raise early alarm over the novel coronavirus.

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

The Health Commission of Hubei Province and Wuhan Municipal Government released announcements on their official website on Friday to mourn the death of Dr. Li.