Published on 12/01/2025 08:34
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Health: five years ago, China announced its first death from Covid
On January 11, 2020, China announced the death of its first patient with a new coronavirus. Five years later, the virus has claimed more than 7 million lives.
Five years later, the seafood market in Wuhan (China) is strictly closed to the public. Five years ago, China announced its first death, a man who died of atypical pneumonia. We weren’t talking about Covid yet, but the mysterious epidemic was starting to worry. For Beijing, it was necessary to cover up the affair and even rewrite history. Doctor Li Wenliang, whistleblower, is accused of disrupting social order, his death sparks a wave of indignation.
Overwhelmed by the thousands of deaths, the Chinese authorities are trying everything: quarantine for nearly 20 million inhabitants, massive disinfection with even a hospital emerging in ten days. But it is impossible to limit the spread of the virus. From the month of March, the entire planet goes into lockdown. The streets are deserted, while hospitals are overflowing. In five years, the epidemic has claimed more than 7 million lives worldwide.
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