[Wuhan pneumonia] news: Wuhan leader Wang Xianliang died of the first infected official

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Written by: Gao Jiangjin

2020-01-27 03:00

Chinese media Caixin.com quoted multiple sources as saying that Wang Xianliang, the head of the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, died on January 26 of Beijing time because he was infected with a new type of coronavirus pneumonia. Dead officials infected with the virus.

From January 23, Wuhan has entered a "closed city" state. (Associated Press)

China Media Caixin News on January 26, Beijing time. According to information provided by multiple sources, Wang Xianliang, the former director and director-general leader of the Wuhan Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Wuhan Civil Affairs Commission”), was infected. The death of the new coronavirus pneumonia, which means he is the first official in China to die of the virus.

It is reported that Wang Xianliang, the former director of Wuhan Civil Affairs Commission, died at 6 pm on January 26, 2020. The place of death was the North District of Wuhan Central Hospital. He was appointed director of Wuhan Civil Affairs Commission in 2012. In 2017, After April of this year, he began to appear in the newspaper as the head of Wuhan Citizens Commission.

In addition, Huang Mouhong, deputy director of the Hubei Provincial Department of Commerce, was also recently confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus pneumonia.

It is understood that the mayor of Wuhan, Zhou Xianwang, at a press conference in Hubei Province on the evening of the 26th confirmed that more than 5 million people have left Wuhan as of now, and that Wuhan may add 1,000 confirmed cases in the future.

In response, Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the Global Times, the official Chinese media, said on social media Weibo that the news of more than 5 million people leaving Wuhan clearly shows the seriousness of China's current prevention and control situation, and Wuhan has not taken the necessary emergency measures To stop so many people from travelling across the country. However, he believes that people who leave Wuhan are not deliberately leaving to avoid the epidemic, so he called on the society to face problems rationally, and expatriate Wuhan citizens should take the initiative to notify relevant institutions and implement self-isolation.

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