Doctor Ly Van Luong's family, the "hero" early warning of corona virus, was compensated about 117,000 USD after his death because of this virus.

Caixin newspaper reported that the Wuhan city government claimed that Dr. Li Wenliang's death was a "work-related injury", making his family eligible to receive 820,000 yuan (about 117,000 USD) in benefits. ).

The Telegraph correspondent in China said after the people expressed their sympathy for the death of Dr. Li, as well as express anger at the government, Beijing seemed to understand that they had to act. To solve this problem by compensating his family. The compensation included 785,000 yuan in subsidies (about US $ 112,000) and more than 30,000 yuan to cover funeral expenses.

Some views on Chinese social networks even called for a state-run funeral for Dr. Li, but this was almost impossible.

Optometrist Li Wenliang at Wuhan Central Hospital is considered a "hero" for early warning of the disease. Li sent a message to a chat group of 150 doctors to warn about 7 cases of virus infection that he thought resembled SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), but was later summoned and forced to sign by Wuhan authorities. the report reads "spreading false information seriously disrupting social order".

Doctor Ly died early on February 7 after a period of battle with the new strain of corona virus (nCoV). His death shocked the Chinese public as the country struggled with an epidemic that killed 724 people and infected more than 34,800 people.

The discussion topic "Wuhan government owes Dr. Li an apology" soon began to spread on Chinese social network Weibo, attracting tens of thousands of views before being deleted.

The Central Central Inspection Committee of China announced on Monday that it will send a team to investigate the death of Dr. Li. Meanwhile, the Wuhan government expressed his late condolences to him, praising him for his efforts to fight acute pneumonia.

The outbreak of acute pneumonia caused by nCoV began in Wuhan, Hubei province, central China since December 2019. The disease has spread to 31 provinces of mainland China and 26 countries and territories around the world.

Countries with patients infected with corona virus. Click on the image to see it in full.