A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death for fatally stabbing two officials at a checkpoint set up to control the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak.
The virus has infected more than 80,000 people and killed nearly 3,000 in mainland China — prompting a wide network of temperature checks, travel restrictions, residential checks and closures nationwide.
Many villages and communities have also implemented their own blockades and tough measures to keep people out, fearful that travellers could infect their communities.
On Sunday, a court handed down a death sentence to a 23-year-old man after he stabbed two officials at one local village checkpoint.