Chinese authorities punished a COVID-19 testing agency employee who allegedly falsified virus data in the virus-embattled Hebei Province.
The employee, only identified by his surname Di, works for Jinan Huaxi Medical Laboratory Co., the laboratory outsourced to process virus tests in Longyao county of Hebei. The northern province has seen a worsening outbreak since the start of the year and has so far publicly reported hundreds of cases. To prevent virus spread, it shut down multiple cities and canceled a key annual political meeting originally scheduled for Jan. 25.
