More local infections in Inner Mongolia cost two officials’ jobs www.thestandard.com.hk
Inner Mongolia saw 30 locally infected cases on Saturday, as two officials in the region were sacked after being held responsible for doing a poor job in curbing the spread of Covid-19.
According to China’s National Health Commission, there are an additional 42 locally infected cases within the mainland on Saturday, with five among them being asymptomatic infections.
Among the 42 cases, 30 were in Inner Mongolia’s Hulunbuir city, while four of them were asymptomatic infections.
Ten other cases were in Harbin city of Heilongjiang province, and two in Yunnan province.
Authorities of Manzhouli city within Hulunbuir city in Inner Mongolia announced on Saturday that infected cases include eight teachers and 19 students, and they previously visited multiple schools before their onset.
On the other hand, Manzhouli city authorities sacked Jalainur district Public Security Bureau deputy director Zhao Hui, and vice president of Manzhouli city general union Su Weidong, as they “lack awareness, failed to discharge their duties and delayed executing their job duties.”
In a statement, authorities said Jalainur district was arranging transport for some 100 close contacts of infected cases to collective quarantine at around 12.40am to 1.30am on Saturday, but Zhao did not start implementing the arrangement until 7am, “which greatly affected the transportation and clearing Covid-19 infections.”
Authorities also said Su, in charge of one of the quarantine centres in Manzhouli city, lacked a sense of responsibility and was unaware of the number and situation of people in the quarantine centre and was unable to implement measures to curb the spread of the disease.
Published Date:2021-12-06