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2Jun

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Dr Hu Weifeng, urologist

Dr Hu Weifeng ‑ an urologist who was treating patients at the Wuhan Central Hospital where Covid-19 was originally identified ‑ passed away on 2 June 2020 after a four-month fight with Covid-19. He made headlines in March, when his skin turned black "due to liver dysfunction" during his treatment. The exact cause of his death has not been made public but the news has triggered an outpouring of anger on Chinese social media sites. He tested positive for the virus in January, during the early stages of the Chinese outbreak, and was transferred to different hospitals for treatment the following two months. His condition initially improved in mid-March; however, he then suffered cerebral haemorrhages in late April and May. BBC

8May

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Dr Xia Sisi, Gastroenterologist

Dr. Xia Sisi, a gastroenterologist at Union Jiangbei Hospital of Wuhan, died of Covid-19. She was 29 years old, married with a young child on whom she doted. The young mother didn’t tell her child she had the coronavirus. Mama is working hard, she said, to save sick people. Instead, Xia Sisi was fighting for her life in the same hospital where she worked, weak from fever and gasping for breath. Xia came from a family of medical professionals. As a young child, she had accompanied her mother, a nurse, to work. She joined the Union Jiangbei Hospital of Wuhan in 2015 and was the youngest doctor in her department. Her colleagues called her “Little Sisi” or “Little Sweetie” because she always had a smile for them. She loved Sichuan hot pot, a dish famous for its numbingly spicy broth. ...

Doctor, 29, who delayed wedding to fight virus, dies

3May

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Doctor, 29, who delayed wedding to fight virus, dies

Dr Peng Yinhua, pulmonary and critical care at First People’s Hospital in Wuhan’s Jiangxia district A young Chinese doctor who had delayed his wedding to fight the Covid-19 virus in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, died on February 20), less than a month after he was hospitalised, Chinese media reported. Peng Yinhua, 29, was supposed to be married on Feb 1, but postponed his nuptials to fight the outbreak. The doctor of pulmonary and critical care at First People’s Hospital in Wuhan’s Jiangxia district was hospitalised on Jan 25, having contracted the virus in his frontline efforts fighting Covid-19, said a post on the Facebook page of The People’s Daily newspaper. On Feb 1, the original date of his wedding before the epidemic struck, his condition worsened and...

2May

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Yu Lihua, writer

Yu Lihua a Chinese-American writer who authored at least 45 works of fiction died on On 1 May 2020 due to COVID-19 in Washington. Yu Lihua was born in Shanghai and went to university in Taiwan, taking history at National Taiwan University. Then she went to the United States to do a graduate degree in journalism at UCLA and then to teach Chinese literature in the Department of Comparative University at the State University of New York. Her work was published both in English and in Chinese.

10Apr

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Ho Kam Ming, martial artist

Ho Kam Ming –a Macanese-born Canadian martial artist who was one of the students of martial arts teacher Ip Man in the discipline of Wing Chun – passed away on 9 April 2020 due to Covid-19. Ho was born in Macau in 1925. When he was 30, he started learning Wing Chun and became Ip Man's formal student. In Ip Ching's memoirs My Father Ip Man, Ho was described as one of Ip Man's "excellent disciples". Ho was cultivated by Ip Man, later, he inherited Ip's wish to further develop Wing Chun. In 1960, he returned to Macau and opened the first Wing Chun school there. Ho migrated to Canada in 1990. He settled in Toronto, where he founded the World Ho Kam Ming Wing Chun Association and was still active teaching. In 201...

2Mar

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Jiang Xueqing, Surgeon

Jiang Xueqing – a Head of Thyroid and Breast Surgery at Wuhan Central Hospital, Wuhan, China – passed away on 1 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Jiang was 55 years old. Source: SCMP Please help us in adding details.

21Feb

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Ke Huibing, management scientist

Ke Huibing ‑ a Chinese management scientist, professor and doctoral advisor at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology – succumbed to Covid-19 on 19 February 2020. Ke was educated at Law School of Hubei University, majoring in law, where he graduated in June 2002 and obtained a bachelor's degree. In June 2005, he graduated from the School of Sociology of Huazhong University of Science and Technology with a doctor's degree in management. In June 2008, he obtained a doctor's degree in management in Wuhan University Social Security Research Center. Since July 2008, he was a teacher of management science at the School of Social Sciences of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His professional direction was social security theory and poli...

20Feb

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Liu Zhiming, hospital director

Liu Zhiming, director of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital, died of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, on Tuesday morning, Feb. 18, The Associated Press citing the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission reported. A notice from the commission said Liu took part in the battle against the deadly virus from the start and made “important contributions in the work of fighting and controlling novel coronavirus.” During that process, “unfortunately he became infected and passed away at 10:54 Tuesday morning at the age of 51 after all-out efforts to save him failed,” the notice said.

19Feb

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Liu Fan, Nurse

Liu Fan – a Nurse at Wuchang Hospital in Wuhan, China – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 18 February 2020. Liu was 59 years old. Source: The Scientist Please help us in adding details.

16Feb

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Duan Zhengcheng, industrial engineer

Duan Zhengcheng ‑ a Chinese industrial engineer and inventor – died from coronavirus on 15 February 2020. He specialized in machinery manufacturing and automation, was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and served as a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Duan was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, on 15 June 1934. After graduating from high school in 1953, he studied, then taught, at what is now Huazhong University of Science and Technology. On 15 February 2020, he died of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, aged 85. In 1996, he invented the OUR-QGD stereotactic gamma-ray system, which won him a State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) i...