Kyodo News Agency reported (June 10) that 50-year-old Zhang Hai had sent a complaint against the municipal governments of Wuhan and Hubei Province to the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court on June 10, but it is uncertain whether it will be accepted. He said, "For an extended period, the Wuhan government has ignored complaints of the bereaved families and put various pressures on calls to take responsibility." His complaint said health authorities failed to reveal relevant information in the early stages of the virus spread and placed political pressure on medical experts. It urged the court to identify such actions as "illegal."

In Hubei Province, a male civil servant has also filed a suit against the local government, but security authorities have asked him to drop it.