China punishes dozens of Xi'an officials as city grapples with COVID-19 lockdown

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BEIJING: Dozens of officials have been punished over a virus outbreak in the locked-down city of Xi\u0027an, China\u0027s disciplinary body said on Friday (Dec 24) - the latest state reprimands under Beijing\u0027s strict zero-COVID-19 approach. China, where the coronavirus was first detected in late 2019, is o

BEIJING: Dozens of officials have been punished over a virus outbreak in the locked-down city of Xi'an, China's disciplinary body said on Friday - the latest state reprimands under Beijing's strict zero-COVID-19 approach.

But cases have been bubbling up in recent weeks - with Xi'an, home to the world-famous Terracotta Warriors, tellingfrom Thursday, shuttering businesses and launching several rounds of mass testing. In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people line up for COVID-19 tests in Xi'an in northwestern China's Shaanxi province, Dec 23, 2021.

Authorities would clamp down on"bureaucratic issues in disease control work such as shirking responsibility, not taking action, passing the buck and dealing with things in a negative way", a party discipline official said.

 

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