China ousts Hubei party boss, Shanghai mayor to take over job


Jiang Chaoliang, Secretary of Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China who seen her inspecting the newly completed Huoshenshan Hospital on Feb 2, 2020, has been replaced by the Shanghai mayor Ying Yong. - China Daily/Reuters

BEIJING (Bloomberg): A top Chinese official at the centre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak has been replaced, state media said, amid deepening concerns about early efforts to suppress information about the severity of the health crisis.

Jiang Chaoliang was removed from his post as Communist Party secretary for the central province of Hubei, the official Xinhua news agency said Thursday. He was replaced by Ying Yong, the mayor of Shanghai.

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