China appoints Shanghai's former mayor as the top party official in Hubei, where local leaders have been criticized for their handling of the new viral outbreak.
Residents wearing masks wait at a traffic light in Beijing, China Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. China is struggling to restart its economy after the annual Lunar New Year holiday was extended to try to keep people home and contain novel coronavirus. Traffic remained light in Beijing, and many people were still working at home.
Ying Yong replaces Jiang Chaoliang as the ruling Communist Party’s chief in the beleaguered province, the Xinhua state news agency reported.The public has widely criticized local officials for their handling of the outbreak of a new form of coronavirus. The epidemic began in Hubei’s capital, Wuhan, and has since spread to more than two dozen countries.
In an unprecedented measure to contain the disease, recently dubbed COVID-19, the Chinese government has placed the hardest-hit cities — home to more than 60 million — under lockdown. Health Minister Katsunobu Kato told reporters five of the patients who were already sent to hospitals for isolation and treatment of COVID-19 have severe symptoms and are on artificial respirators or under intensive care.
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