Wuhan Mayor Chu Tien Vuong was criticized by Chinese netizens for wearing a mask when wearing a press conference about the pneumonia outbreak on January 26.

"Even if the mayor doesn't even know how to wear a mask, what do ordinary people know?", One person wrote on Weibo after pointing out that Mr. Zhou wore the wrong side of the mask outside during a press conference at Wuhan.

Also in this event, Hubei provincial governor Wang Xiaodong did not wear a mask, violating the provincial regulation of wearing a mask in public. "Irresponsible and irresponsible politicians," a network user commented.

The public also noticed Mr. Wang twice misleading the number of Hubei masks produced annually. He initially answered 10.8 billion units, later revised it to 1.8 billion and eventually fixed it to 1.08 million. "You are Hubei province governor, why don't you know this information?", One wrote.

Wuhan City, the capital of Hubei Province, is the center of an outbreak of pneumonia that killed 81 people and infected more than 2,700 people across China and abroad, including Thailand, the United States, France, Canada and South Korea. China, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Singapore, Nepal and Australia. Wuhan has been blocked, and public transport in 18 other cities in Hubei Province has been stopped to limit spread.

Mayor Zhou on January 27 acknowledged that he had not handled the pneumonia epidemic well, did not publish timely information and was ready to resign to placate public opinion. Mr. Wang on January 26 said he was "very miserable and felt guilty".