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BREAKING: A Chinese doctor who tried to issue a warning about the deadly coronavirus has died, Chinese media reports

Dr Li Wenliang, who worked as an ophthalmologist at the Wuhan Central Hospital, died after contracting the novel 2019-nCoV virus, Chinese media say.

Shortly after, Xinhua News Agency issued a warning to the public: “The police call on all netizens to not fabricate rumours, not spread rumours, not believe rumours”. Experts said China’s authoritarian culture had allowed the crisis to take hold. Picture: AP/ChinatopixFifteen cases have been confirmed in Australia, includingDr Li posted his story on the Chinese social media site Weibo after contracting the virus.

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