Li Wenliang was one of eight whistleblowers who tried to warn other medical workers of the outbreak, but was reprimanded by local police.
"The whole country has responded with all its strength to respond with the most thorough and strict prevention and control measures, starting a people's war for epidemic prevention and control," Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying in a telephone call with Saudi Arabia's King Salman.
Health officials in the United States and China want to get a vaccine to initial human testing within months, but drugmakers have cautioned they have a long way to go. "There are no known effective therapeutics," WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said, when asked about reports of"breakthroughs" that boosted markets on Wednesday .
China's National Health Commission said the HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir could be used for coronavirus patients, without specifying how. That triggered a rush for the HIV drug.
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