China: Six new cases in Wuhan, local officials sacked

Six days after 35 days, there have been six new cases in the city of Wuhan, the center of infection in China. Subsequently, a local officer has been dismissed in connection with poor management. Sources said that Zhang Yujin, secretary of the Changqing Street Working Committee of the ruling Communist Party of China, has been removed from the post after an infection case surfaced in Wuhan’s Sunmin residential community. Zhang was removed from the post for not being able to properly manage the residential complex. There were 20 reported cases of infection earlier in this location. There have been 17 new cases of infection in China. Seven of these cases are related to people from abroad. With this, the number of infection cases in the country has increased to 82,918. The National Health Department has increased vigilance in Hubei Province, including Wuhan.