Amid an escalating outbreak in the northern Chinese city of Harbin, provincial authorities announced on Friday that they would punish 18 officials working in the municipal government and three local hospitals.
That same day, another northern region, Liaoning Province, reported one new domestic infection in the province, whom authorities said was infected while being treated at a Harbin hospital. This was the first reported case in the province since March 2. Local authorities did not report any new cases for over a month.
