(ANSA) - BEIJING, APRIL 4 - China has stopped and honored the memory of the more than 3,300 coronavirus victims and the first 14 'martyrs' who fell on the front lines in Hubei fighting against pandemic. The whole country gathered in silence at 10 (4 in Italy) for 3 minutes and in the air echoed car sirens sounded.
President Xi Jinping and the leaders of the Communist Party and government, all with a white flower on their chests, held a ceremony at Zhongnanhai, the Beijing compound of leadership, stopping in recollection before the Chinese national flag at half-mast.
Coronavirus: China stops, remembers dead
2020-04-04T05:34:09.248Z
China stopped and honored the memory of over 3,300 coronavirus victims and the first 14 'martyrs' who fell on the front lines in Hubei fighting the pandemic. (HANDLE)
