A suspected coronavirus patient in Wuhan has committed suicide at home after local officials covered up the resident's condition from their higher-ups.

As a result, the victim did not receive effective treatment which led to the tragedy, according to a government notice.

Four officials from the city's Zhengkang neighbourhood have been punished.

Four officials from Wuhan's Zhengkang neighbourhood have been punished after two of them had tried to cover up a potential coronavirus case from their higher-ups, causing the suspected patient to commit suicide. The case was revealed by the government yesterday

It said that officials at the Zhengkang neighbourhood did not report Cheng's health status to their superiors even though they had known that Cheng was a potential coronavirus sufferer

The new coronavirus has killed at least 1,775 people and infected more than 71,430 globally

The incident was revealed by the Wuhan Supervisory Commission yesterday.

In a statement, the authority said the victim, known as Cheng, lived on Changfeng Avenue in Qiaokou District.

It said that officials at the Zhengkang neighbourhood did not report Cheng's health status to their superiors even though they had known that Cheng was a potential coronavirus sufferer.

Due to the negligence, the local authorities did not provide 'effective treatment' for Cheng, who later hanged themselves at home.

The report did not specify the exact event that prompted Cheng to resort to the extreme measure, but it stressed that the incident brought seriously negative impact on society.

The report did not specify the exact event that prompted the victim to resort to the extreme measure, but it stressed that the incident brought seriously negative impact on society

The news comes after China's Vice Premier Sun Chunlan called on a 'people's war' against the fast-spreading disease, which has killed at least 1,775 people and infected more than 71,430

Tu Ying, the Communist Party Secretary of the Zhengkang neighbourhood, and Wu Aiying, Tu's deputy, received disciplinary warnings within the Party for failing to report Cheng's case.

Researcher Sun Suiyi was reprimanded for failing to carrying out their duty properly.

Xu Qiping, the secretary of the work committee of Changfeng Avenue, was ordered to write a self-criticism report for failing to supervise the team closely.

The news comes after China's Vice Premier Sun Chunlan called on a 'people's war' against the fast-spreading disease, which has killed at least 1,775 people and infected more than 71,430 globally.

A screen grab from a CCTV news programme shows China's Vice Premier Sun Chunlan delivering her order to Communist officials at a meeting aimed to curb the outbreak

A medical worker writes down a patient's dietary information on a colleague's protective suit inside Leishenshan hospital, a make-shift hospital to treat patients in Wuhan on Sunday

A man who has recovered from the killer coronavirus donates his blood in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province on Sunday. Chinese authorities have urged newly recovered coronavirus patients to donate their blood because their plasma is thought to have antibodies to the virus

She demanded Communist officials of all levels take active lead in this 'wartime condition', or face being 'nailed onto the pillar of historical shame forever'.

She instructed all levels of officials to treat the fight of the outbreak as the 'most important and urgent mission' in another briefing.

'There must be a 24-hour shift pattern. During the wartime condition, there must be no deserters, otherwise they will be forever nailed onto the pillar of historical shame', Vice Premier Sun said, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

She instructed the Wuhan government to send workers to every household to take the temperature of all family members in order to block the source of the outbreak.

The leader also demanded four types of people in Wuhan be put into mandatory isolation in quarantine stations: confirmed cases, suspected cases, people who have close contact with the former two, and those who have fever.

More than 71,000 have caught the virus, including 454 on a cruise ship quarantined off Japan

Nearly 1,800 people across the world have now died from the killer coronavirus, or COVID-19

Nearly 1,800 people across the world have now died from the killer coronavirus that is rapidly sweeping the planet.

And more than 71,430 have caught the virus, formally known as COVID-19, including 454 on a cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan.

Ninety-five per cent of the 2,000 new cases recorded yesterday were diagnosed in Hubei, the deserted Chinese province at the centre of the crisis.

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