16 officials punished for pandemic control lapses

BEIJING: Sixteen officials from Jilin province have been punished for failing to perform their duties adequately during its ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, the provincial disciplinary authority said.

Five of the officials were removed from their posts, including Gao Yutang, head of the health commission in Changchun, the provincial capital, and Zhai Yanhui, principal of No 1 Middle School in the city’s Jiutai district, the authority said in a news release.