Wuhan Whistle-blower Dr Ai Fen, head of the emergency department at Wuhan Central Hospital, “has disappeared”

2 weeks ago, In an interview she said that in late December she had informed the authorities that a virus similar to Sars was spreading in Wuhan https://gript.ie/60-minutes-wuhan-whistle-blower-dr-ai-fen-has-disappeared/

The doctor came to public prominence 2 weeks ago, when she gave an interview to the Chinese publication Renwu. In the interview she criticized the Chinese authorities, said that in late December she had informed the authorities that a virus similar to Sars was spreading in Wuhan.

She said the response of the authorities was to tell her she was forbidden from discussing the situation with anyone and that the hospital had even changed the diagnostic results of a patient, a nurse, in order to cover up evidence of the virus.

She also said “The patients who died in the emergency department were all undiagnosed & not considered confirmed cases” & that she knew that there must be human-to-human transmission as the food market where COVID-19 had originated had been closed but cases were still increasing.

The interview was censured nearly immediately upon publication but Chinese internet users repeatedly uploaded the interview, using emojis and deliberate misspellings to avoid tripping automatic censorship systems.