Five Medical Workers in Yunnan Province Detained, Fined for Sharing Videos About Coronavirus Patients

A Chinese security guard takes the temperature of a couple as they enter a nearly empty commercial street in Beijing, China, on Feb. 12, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

Li Wenliang, one of the whistleblowers who first publicized information about the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, outbreak, died on Feb. 7.

Chinese authorities initially reprimanded him for “rumor-mongering,” but made gestures to praise Li following an outpouring of grief upon his death.