The coronavirus just killed a 29-year-old doctor who postponed his wedding to fight the disease
Get the Full StoryWeibo NoNewsA 29-year-old Chinese doctor named Peng Yinhua planned to marry his fianc e during the Lunar New Year holiday.
Yinhua postponed the wedding to help treat coronavirus in the country, but he just died from the disease, according to China's official news agency Xinhua.
More than 1,700 Chinese healthcare workers have gotten the coronavirus, and at least eight have died battling the disease.
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A young Chinese doctor who postponed his own wedding to help battle the coronavirus "on the front line" has just died from the disease, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua.
Peng Yinhua, 29, was treating patients at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan's Jiangxia district People's No. 1 Hospital, providing respiratory and critical care. The young physician was admitted to the hospital after contracting the virus on January 25.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderSee Also:2 people from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have died from the coronavirusThe biggest breakdown yet of novel coronavirus cases suggests that 80 are mild. Some patients never show symptoms.Hubei is sweeping the province for undetected coronavirus cases by tracking and investigating purchases of fever and cough medicine
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