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Published: 06 February 2020

Author: Gerry Shih - The Washington Post

A Chinese doctor who was silenced by police for trying to share news about the new coronavirus long before Chinese health authorities disclosed its full threat has died from the disease, his friends and colleagues said.

Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, became a national hero and a symbol of the Chinese government's systemic failings last month.

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Read more: Chinese doctor who tried to raise alarm on coronavirus in Wuhan dies from disease

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/119333353/chinese-doctor-who-tried-to-raise-alarm-on-coronavirus-in-wuhan-dies-from-disease

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Published: 06 February 2020

Author: Jamie Ensor

A Chinese doctor among the first to alert authorities to the deadly coronavirus has died from the illness.

Local media first reported on Friday morning (NZ Time), that Dr Li Wenliang had succumbed to the virus which has spread across the globe. The World Health Organisation (WHO) soon confirmed the news, saying "we all need to celebrate work that he did on" the illness.

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Read more: Coronavirus outbreak: Chinese doctor who warned about infection dies from illness

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/02/coronavirus-outbreak-chinese-doctor-who-warned-about-infection-dies-from-illness.html

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Published: 06 February 2020

Author: Mike Hosking

We all know the impact the coronavirus is having on lives around the world, but particularly on business and tourism back here in New Zealand.

Now the call has gone out for a delay in raising the minimum wage because of it.

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Read more: Hospitality NZ calls for delay to minimum wage increase

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/julie-white-hospitality-nz-calls-for-delay-to-minimum-wage-increase-due-to-coronavirus/

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Published: 06 February 2020

Author: Newstalk ZB

Destiny's Church leader Brian Tamaki has got stuck into immigrants and Jacinda Ardern in a wide-ranging sermon at Waitangi.

He arrived with about 200 supporters, including his wife Hannah, and was one of many who spoke to the crowd of about 1500 people at an interdenominational service at Whare Rūnanga on the Upper Treaty Grounds.

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Read more: Brian Tamaki gets stuck into immigrants, Jacinda Ardern at Waitangi

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/destinys-church-leader-brian-tamaki-addresses-crowd-at-waitangi

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