China fires 2 Hubei leaders over incompetent handling of crisis

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BEIJING: The two most senior health officials at the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak have been sacked, state media said yesterday, as local authorities feel the heat over how they are handling the epidemic. Mr Zhang Jin, the Communist Party boss of the provincial...

BEIJING: The two most senior health officials at the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak have been sacked, state media said yesterday, as local authorities feel the heat over how they are handling the epidemic.

The outbreak that originated in provincial capital Wuhan has killed more than 1,000 people and infected over 42,500 across China since December.

 

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