By Lily Kuo and Rebecca Ratcliffe
Officials and state justice chief fired as at least 500 cases confirmed in prisons in three provinces
A 29-year-old doctor in Wuhan has become the latest victim of the coronavirus as China reported infections in prisons in three provinces, as well as clusters in Beijing.
Wuhan health authorities said Peng Yinhua, who worked in respiratory and critical care at Jiangxia district’s First People’s Hospital, had contracted the infection while working on the “front line”.
Source: Coronavirus kills young Wuhan doctor as hundreds infected in China’s prisons
Category: Coronavirus outbreak, China, South Korea, Asia Pacific, World news
