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5 people under investigation for deliberately concealing information, risking COVID-19 transmission
Published: Apr 07, 2022 08:03 PM
Residents line up for COVID-19 nucleic acid tests in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province on March 11, 2022. China is facing extensive domestic flare-ups, registering 1,100 infections, including silent carriers the day after counting more than 500 cases for three consecutive days. Photo: IC

Residents line up for COVID-19 nucleic acid tests in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province on March 11, 2022. China is facing extensive domestic flare-ups, registering 1,100 infections, including silent carriers the day after counting more than 500 cases for three consecutive days. Photo: IC






At least five people are being investigated by the police for hiding information that would have disturbed pandemic control work in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province.

Three of them, surnamed Guang, Zhang and Zhou, were placed under investigation on Thursday for allegedly obstructing the prevention and control of infectious diseases. Zhang was later detected as a COVID-19 asymptomatic patient after deliberately hiding some information on Tuesday while knowing he might get infected by COVID-19 and cause transmission.

The other people under investigation are also accused of intentionally concealing their travel history to anti-epidemic workers when they arrived in Hangzhou from places classified as middle- or high-risk areas.