Local officials in Shanghai sacked over slack response to COVID-19 outbreak


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Beijing: Three local officials in Shanghai have been sacked over a slack response to the COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest city, where residents are complaining of harsh lockdown conditions leading to shortages of food and basic necessities. An official notice Friday gave no details of the allegations against the three officials, but said their failure to fulfill their duties in epidemic prevention and control had allowed the virus to spread, leading to a "serious impact" on efforts to control the outbreak. Shanghai announced more than 21,000 new local cases on Friday, of which only 824 had symptoms. Total cases in...