PEOPLE & POINTS
OFFICIAL PUNISHED FOR NEGLIGENCE IN COVID-19 PREVENTION
Feng Zhiqiang, Deputy Director of Gaocheng District in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province in north China, was given a disciplinary warning for lack of oversight in terms of arranging and supervising the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention and control measures.
The city’s top anti-corruption authority announced on January 6 that three officials in the district had received punishment for negligence in the epidemic intervention. They failed to prevent further transmission of the virus after a resident tested positive.
Feng was held responsible after one Liujiazuo Village resident went out to see a doctor after testing positive on January 3.
The district was designated a high-risk area for virus
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