<!-- is due in June. What are we going to do? His family has now been broken apart!" she added. Chen Bingzhong, a former health official, also lauded Li as a true hero.  He said if the local government hasn't had turned a deaf ear to Li's warning, China and the world would have a less tough fight against the coronavirus epidemic. "It has now come to light that these eight people all work at the frontline in hospitals. They had first-hand experience with the deadly virus. They spoke by the book. And the authorities should have had taken their words seriously," Chen said. "Failing to act on their warnings, the authorities ended up forcing them to hush up. How despicable!" he added.      A...