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Manager from largest third-party medical testing institute detained
Published on: 2022-01-13
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An area manager from the largest third-party medical testing institute in Central's China's Henan Province was detained and placed under investigation by local police on Monday on suspicion of criminal offences related to causing the spread of COVID-19.
 

According to the announcement from the police in Xuchang city in Henan, the suspect surnamed Zhang from Zhengzhou KingMed Clinical Laboratory Center violated the rules of prevention and treatment of infectious disease, thereby spreading the coronavirus.
 

The police in Yuzhou city under Xuchang's jurisdiction took enforcement measures against Zhang on suspicion of criminal offences. The case is under further investigation.
 

After the incident, some netizens claimed that Zhang was detained because he "spread the virus on purpose," or because he "lost the test sample" and thus falsified the data of tests.
 

KingMed issued another statement on Wednesday night, clarifying that those claims are rumors. It said that preliminary investigation shows that after arriving in Yuzhou on January 2, Zhang, along with five people, participated in the training of system software; dispatching vehicles, disseminating test kits and helping establish testing procedures, under the local health bureau's arrangement.
 

The company said it will hold rumormongers accountable.
 

KingMed is a Guangzhou-based company with expertise in medical testing. It has established 38 labs in Chinese mainland cities including Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing, as well as in Hong Kong SAR, providing testing and pathological diagnoses for more than 23,000 medical agencies.
 

Its services cover areas accommodating 90 percent of the country's population, said the company.
 

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the company has undertaken some nucleic acid testing duties organized by the government. In 2021, its regional headquarter in Central China expanded the PCR (nucleic test) platform, helped nearly one third of Zhengzhou residents to undergo testing, media reported, saying that as of October 2021, the company finished more than 10 million tests in Zhengzhou.
 

河南最大第三方检测机构一区域负责人被立案侦查

1月12日,河南许昌警方通报称,经公安机关调查,郑州金域临床检验中心有限公司区域负责人张某东违反传染病防治法规定,实施引起新型冠状病毒感染肺炎传播或者有传播严重危险的行为。禹州市公安局于2022年1月10日,对张某东以涉嫌刑事犯罪立案侦查并采取强制措施。目前该案正在进一步办理中。

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