Huanggang's director of health commission removed amid coronavirus outbreak

The Director of the health commission of Huanggang in central China's Hubei Province Tang Zhihong has been removed from her post for dereliction of duty amid a fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak.

The Huanggang municipal committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) made the announcement on Thursday.

The city of 7.5 million people is on lockdown to contain the spread of the contagion. There are 496 confirmed cases in the city and 12 reported deaths, making Huanggang the second worst hit area after Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak.