Disabled boy dies in China after father quarantined with coronavirus
Two Chinese officials have been removed from office following the death of a 16-year-old boy with a disability whose father — the boy's carer — was quarantined with suspected coronavirus.
Local media reported that Mr Yan's younger son, who is also disabled, was put in quarantine along with him.Huajiahe's local Communist Party secretary and town mayor have been dismissed over the case. "Inaccurate work, unsatisfactory work styles and inadequate implementation of outbreak prevention and control responsibilities resulted in serious consequences," the statement said.
Mr Yan had travelled with his son from Wuhan — the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak — to the town of Huajiahe where they stayed in a Government resettlement house from January 17.
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