'He is the hero of China,' Zhong Nanshan mourns Li Wenliang's death
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In an interview with Reuters, China's renowned respiratory scientist Zhong Nanshan talked about Dr. Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist from Wuhan who sounded an early warning about the novel coronavirus and later ended it up succumbing to the disease. Zhong said he is proud of Dr. Li, who is considered a hero for a majority of people in China.