Two residents in Ningjin county, North China's Hebei province, have been punished for visiting Wuhan, epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, and not reporting their trips to local government, according to a notice issues by the local public security bureau.?

One of them, surnamed Zhu, has been placed under administrative detention and fined, while the other, surnamed Chang, received only fine. The two went to Wuhan together. The notice didn't disclose their travel time.

It said Zhu went out for several times and got contacts with other people before being found out, leading to many people being put under quarantine. The quarantine for Zhu and Chang had ended.