Chinese state-run mass media have reported the dismissal of high-ranking officials due to the coronavirus in Hubei, reports RG. In spite of this, the official reason for the dismissal isn’t reported.

Jiang Chaoliang, the leading Communist Party official of Hubei province and Communist Party Secretary of Wuhan Ma Guoqiang have been dismissed.

“Thank you, Communist Party. This decision comes late,” RG cites the words of one of the locals.

There have been 242 cases of death from the dangerous virus in one day.