Write an article on COVID -19 outbreaks in 200 words
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A well-known academic in China has this week criticised the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, highlighting that it has caused widespread dissatisfaction in the country.
The emergence of criticism by academics, medical personnel, and netizens silenced by the authorities for ‘spreading rumours’ could herald a new strand of political dissent with the potential to outlast the current emergency.
Anger has been further stoked by the confirmed death of a whistleblower who was one of the first doctors who tried to warn against the spread of the virus, only to be reprimanded by police.
The swift spread of the coronavirus, first detected in early December in Wuhan, Hubei province, has led to more than 500 deaths – three-quarters of them in Wuhan – and more than 28,000 confirmed cases in China, according to official figures as of 6 February. Apart from China, Asia has seen some 200 confirmed cases, with around 55 cases elsewhere in Europe, North America and Australia. Many countries have travel restrictions in place.