A disabled boy has died after being left to fend for himself when his father was quarantined over the deadly new coronavirus in China's Hubei province.
Yan Cheng, who was confined to a wheelchair because of cerebral palsy, was abandoned at home when his father was isolated because of a fever.
His father, Yan Xiaowen, was taken into quarantine on January 22, and diagnosed with the potentially deadly virus five days later. But the post, entitled "An appeal for help from a father diagnosed with novel coronavirus", came too late."Yan Xiaowen was unable to take care of Yan Cheng's daily life ... so he entrusted his relatives, village cadres and village doctors to take care of Yan Cheng," the county government said.The local Communist Party secretary and mayor were fired because they had "failed to fulfil their responsibilities", officials said.
More than 20,000 people in China have been infected by the coronavirus, with the death toll reaching 425.
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