Coronavirus cases confirmed in China's prisons, investigation group sent

China's Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission has formed an investigation team to conduct a comprehensive probe into the outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia in Rencheng Prison in Shandong Province.

The prison system will resolutely implement its management system, make an effort to treat all patients and resolutely prevent the spread of the epidemic, according to the Bureau of Prison Administration of the Ministry of Justice.

Infection cases of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, have been reported in prisons in Hubei, Shandong and Zhejiang Provinces in China, and several officials have been removed from their posts for dereliction of duty, according to authorities on Friday.

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