Investigations into China's cold-chain sector have led to several managers, officials and business owners being punished for failing to meet Covid-19 prevention standards, the country's corruption watchdog said in a notice.
The Beijing branch of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection accused several people involved in the cold storage business of management and supervisory failures when it came to controlling Covid-19.
Several officials have been expelled from the Communist Party and could face further criminal punishment, according to a notice published by the CCDI late on Sunday. China has been an outlier in asserting that Covid-19 can be transmitted via cold-chain imports such as frozen meat and fish, even though the World Health Organisation has played down the risk.
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