A 70-year man infected with the novel coronavirus jumped to his death in the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, after local officials refused to send him to a hospital for treatment.
The man’s wife, a 68-year-woman surnamed Cheng, said her husband jumped from the ninth floor of their apartment building in the Qiaokou district at about 2 p.m. local time on Feb. 10.
