Chinese officer fired for pig disease cover-up
08 Aug 2005 05:41:05 GMT
Source: Reuters
BEIJING, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Four officials have been sacked for trying to cover up the trail of dead pigs early in an outbreak of a swine-borne disease that has killed 39 people in southwest China, Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
The officials, all from near Neijiang in Sichuan province, had fabricated reports and deceived inspectors and reporters tracing the spread of the Streptococcus suis bacteria, Xinhua said on its English Web site, www.chinaview.cn.
More than 200 people have contracted the disease in Sichuan from slaughtering, handling or eating infected swine.
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Source: Reuters
BEIJING, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Four officials have been sacked for trying to cover up the trail of dead pigs early in an outbreak of a swine-borne disease that has killed 39 people in southwest China, Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
The officials, all from near Neijiang in Sichuan province, had fabricated reports and deceived inspectors and reporters tracing the spread of the Streptococcus suis bacteria, Xinhua said on its English Web site, www.chinaview.cn.
More than 200 people have contracted the disease in Sichuan from slaughtering, handling or eating infected swine.
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