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A day of remembrance was declared in China on Saturday to honour the more than 3,300 individuals who passed away of Covid-19
In Wuhan, the epicentre of China’s outbreak, all traffic lights in metropolitan areas were turned red at 10: 00, ceasing traffic for 3 minutes.
China’s government stated the occasion was a chance to pay respects to “martyrs”, a reference to the 14 medical workers who died battling the virus.
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China came to a standstill throughout the three-minute silence at 10: 00 local time.
” I feel a lot of sadness about our associates and patients who passed away,” a Chinese nurse who treated coronavirus clients informed AFP news agency.
China first notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about cases of pneumonia with unidentified causes on 31 December last year.
