Remembrance – Even on social networks, commemorations remained rare and discreet
The fifth anniversary of the first known death linked to the Covid-19 virus went unnoticed in China on Saturday, without official commemoration in a country where the pandemic remains a taboo subject. On January 11, 2020, health authorities in the city of Wuhan, in central China, announced that a 61-year-old man had died from complications of pneumonia caused by a previously unknown virus.
The revelation came after authorities reported dozens of infections over the course of several weeks with the pathogen later called SARS-CoV-2 and believed to be the cause of Covid-19 disease. Little information has been given on the identity of the first Covid victim, other than that she assiduously frequented a seafood market in Wuhan where the virus is believed to have circulated during the initial outbreak.
It then unleashed a global pandemic that, to date, has killed more than seven million people and profoundly changed lifestyles around the world, including in China. On Saturday, Beijing’s tightly controlled state media did not make an official commemoration. The ruling Communist Party has blocked public debate and avoided any reflection on draconian restrictions since it radically abandoned them(…) Read more on 20minutes
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