Their Stories

The stories cut short by COVID-19

Aileen Baviera (60)

Aileen Baviera was a sinologist and political scientist from the Philippines. She recieved a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from the University of the Philippines. She died of COVID-19 induced pneumonia on March 21, 2020.

Li Wenliang (33)

Dr. Li Weliang was a Chinese ophthalmologist who worked at Wuhan Central Hospital. He was one of the first whistleblowers to alert the public of the novel coronavirus spreading rapidly in Wuhan. He became infected with the virus while treating patients and died on February 7, 2020.