*30 December - Wuhan ophthalmologist [[Dr. Li Wenliang]] shares information on WeChat about the new SARS-like virus.<ref>https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30382-2/fulltext</ref> He is called in by the Chinese Communist Security Police for questioning shortly afterward. Ai Fen, a top director at Wuhan Central Hospital, posts information on WeChat about the new virus. She was reprimanded for doing so and ordered not to spread information about it. | *30 December - Wuhan ophthalmologist [[Dr. Li Wenliang]] shares information on WeChat about the new SARS-like virus.<ref>https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30382-2/fulltext</ref> He is called in by the Chinese Communist Security Police for questioning shortly afterward. Ai Fen, a top director at Wuhan Central Hospital, posts information on WeChat about the new virus. She was reprimanded for doing so and ordered not to spread information about it. |