China Hands Out Jail Terms as Long as 4 Years for Virus Lapses
- Three at cargo company in Dalian punished, Global Times Says
- Police in Henan detain manager at a company in separate case
Health workers spray disinfectant outside a shopping mall in Xi'an on Jan. 12.
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China has sent three people to prison for up to four-plus years over breaches of rules that led to a virus outbreak, in one of the harshest punishments for lapses in enforcing the government’s strict Covid-zero policy.
The violations at a cargo company in Dalian, a port in the northeast, included failing to ensure employees wore masks, avoided visiting public venues after hours, and were properly quarantined and tested, the Global Times reported late Tuesday, oversights that allowed four people to infect 83 others.