China removes Hubei officials as virus crisis deepens

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Authorities face mounting pressure for perceived incompetence over handling of outbreak. FMTNews Virus China

The death of Chinese doctor Li Wenliang has increased the pressure on local officials.

Zhang Jin, the Communist Party boss of the provincial health commission in Hubei, and its director Liu Yingzi have been removed from their positions, reported state broadcaster CCTV, after a decision by the province’s party committee Monday. Local officials have faced mounting pressure for perceived incompetence – particularly after the death of a Chinese doctor in the provincial capital Wuhan who was punished for raising the alarm about the new virus.

In another sign of personnel changes at ground zero of the outbreak, senior Beijing official Chen Yixin has been sent to Wuhan to guide epidemic control work.Chen – a former deputy party chief of Hubei – has been appointed deputy head of a central government group dispatched to the province, according to a report from the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission on its WeChat account.

 

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