Chinese city of Qingdao punishes two officials over coronavirus cluster


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Chinese city of Qingdao punishes two officials over coronavirus cluster By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Jan Lopatka comments October 14, 2020 FILE PHOTO: Medical worker collects a swab from a woman for nucleic acid testing, in Qingdao BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese city of Qingdao said on Thursday it had suspended its health commission head and sacked a hospital director following an outbreak of coronavirus infections that ended China’s run of about two months without reporting a local case. The coastal city has reported 13 recent infections, most of them linked to the Qingdao Chest Hospital, where infected travellers arriving...