Beijing punishes officials over Covid-19 as Tianjin curbs tighten


The capital reported 47 new Covid-19 cases on May 24, compared with 48 the previous day. - AFP

BEIJING (Bloomberg): Beijing punished a dozen officials over two Covid-19 clusters as China’s capital continued to report new infections in its now monthlong outbreak, while the nearby port city of Tianjin locked down a central district amid a simmering flareup.

One cluster at a courier service outlet saw the head of Beijing’s postal administration warned for not properly supervising virus-prevention work and not paying enough attention to the growing case numbers, according to a statement posted on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, China’s top anti-graft agency.

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