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Chinese central authorities to probe virus outbreak in prison

February 21, 2020

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee has sent a team to  Shandong Province to launch a comprehensive investigation into the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Rencheng Prison of the province.

The task force, led by Lei Dongsheng, vice secretary-general of the commission, consists of officials from the commission, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Justice.  ■