BEIJING (AFP) - Nearly 5,800 people suspected of killing health workers, selling defective medical equipment and lying about their travel history have been arrested in China for epidemic-related crimes since January, the state prosecutor's office said.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - Nearly 5,800 people suspected of killing health workers, selling defective medical equipment and lying about their travel history have been arrested in China for epidemic-related crimes since January, the state prosecutor's office said.
Other cases included a person who deliberately mowed down medical workers with a car, and another was arrested for stabbing a health inspector with a dagger when monitoring temperatures. "From January to July, 5,797 people were arrested and 6,755 were prosecuted," the Supreme People's Procuratorate said in a statement on Thursday .
China has largely brought the spread of the novel coronavirus under control - since it first emerged in the central city of Wuhan in December 2019 - with strict lockdowns, aggressive contact tracing and close monitoring of neighbourhoods.
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