A 33-year-old ophthalmologist, who became a hero in China after alerting the world early about coronavirus outbreak has died of the disease.
Li Wenliang died at the Wuhan hospital where he was being treated on Friday.
Wenliang was fighting Coronavirus which has so far killed more than 800 people worldwide and infected tens of thousands.
Li had told state media that he had been cautioned by hospital management and party officials after alerting his colleagues about a cluster of infections tied to an animal market in the city of Wuhan.
He was detained and thereafter released for the claims.
The doctor had suggested earlier that the disease was a resurgence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Nigeria Centre for Disease and Control (NCDC) has advised the public to wash their hands regularly with soap under running water.
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