US EditionChina marks muted 5th anniversary of first COVID-19 death
- China marked the fifth anniversary of the first COVID-19 death with muted online reactions, particularly on Weibo, where users referenced Dr. Li Wenliang's former account without mentioning the anniversary directly.
- In Hong Kong, there was little commemoration due to the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020, which suppressed opposition voices.
- China has not built major memorials for pandemic victims, and little is known about the first casualty, who visited a Wuhan seafood market.
- The World Health Organization reports nearly 100 million COVID-19 cases and 122,000 deaths in China, while the true numbers may never be known.
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How China Marked 5th Anniversary Of First-Ever Covid Death
The fifth anniversary of the first known death from Covid-19 passed seemingly unnoticed in China Saturday, with no official remembrances in a country where the pandemic is a taboo subject. On January 11, 2020, health officials in the central Chinese city of Wuhan announced that a 61-year-old man had died from complications of pneumonia caused by a previously unknown virus. The disclosure came after authorities had reported dozens of infections o…
At the time, the World Health Organization (WHO) appears to have underestimated this death, amid the lack of evidence regarding human transmission and especially the virulence of the process, according to the BBC. Later, the pandemic claimed over seven million victims globally. Already at the end of January 2020, there were fears that the virus existed in Europe, in February there was an explosion of infections in Italy. On February 26, the firs…
The Covid-19 pandemic remains a taboo subject in China, where the first known death from the virus that causes the disease was recorded five years ago, reports Agence France Presse. On January 11, 2020, authorities…
Five years ago to the day, the Chinese authorities announced that a man in his 60s had died as a result of complications from pneumonia caused by an unknown virus. Was a pandemic going to follow
Five years ago, a person died for the first time as a result of coronavirus disease. The virus then spread first in China and then around the world. The pandemic is now over. But experts believe the next one is only a matter of time.
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