Chinese Provincial Government Issues Rare Rebuke of State Media’s Virus Coverage: Leaked Document

Two volunteers are spraying disinfectant at a market in the border city of Suifenhe in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on May 6, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images

A Chinese provincial government has expressed anger at state-run media for publishing wrong information about the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak, an internal government document reveals.

Since early April, Heilongjiang, China’s northeasternmost province, has been hit by second-wave infections, as cluster outbreaks are reported in hospitals and neighborhoods in the provincial capital of Harbin and Mudanjiang, another city in the province.