Dali apologises for hijacking face masks meant for Chongqing

A staff member checking a passenger's body temperature at the entrance of the Wanzhou North Railway Station, Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, on Feb 1, 2020. - Xinhua

CHONGQING (China Daily/ANN): The government of Dali, Yunnan province, apologised on Thursday (Feb 6) for the wrongful requisition of face masks that were meant for the city of Chongqing to fight the coronavirus outbreak, saying it will return the remaining masks to Chongqing and make up for those that have been distributed and used.

It said the city was in dire need of medical materials to fight the outbreak as the amount of such materials was not enough to meet even the basic needs for workers in Dali.