In Wuhan, where at the end of December it was registered the first case of the disease COVID-19 and where there was an outbreak of the disease, all the traffic lights in urban areas became red for three minutes. A city with a population of 11 million people hardest hit by the pandemic, it killed 2567 people, representing more than three quarters of deaths from the coronavirus in China.
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Saturday was declared a day of mourning across the country. Flags at half-mast and all public entertainment activities suspended. Day of mourning for the victims of the pandemic coincided with the beginning of the annual Day of tomb-sweeping in Tinmine, when millions of Chinese families worship their ancestors and commemorate them.
on this day, Chinese people visit cemeteries, clean the graves and make offerings to the spirits. They burn items such as amulets and paper notes, sometimes quite long, to honor the memory of the victims and transfer money and other goods to relatives in the afterlife, the BBC reports. Relatives can light a candle, burn the money to put on the grave some Chinese rice wine and beer. This year because of the pandemic, the Chinese took advantage of online resources. So, the funeral company Fu Shou Yuan International March 12 launched its own online service for the cleaning of the graves. It operates in more than 30 cities in China. For the first week his web site was visited by about 87 thousand people.
But amid fears of new outbreaks, the government has advised people to stay away from each other and to comply with social distancing. This ledon some cemeteries allow people to come if they had notified the administration about this, while others completely ban the visiting of graveyards. Some cemeteries are now offering relatives the opportunity to see online how the staff responsible for cleaning the grave. Send other photos have been removed burial.
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Meanwhile, according to the National Commission of health of PRC, as of Friday the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in China was 81 639, including 19 new infections. All new infections – travelers arriving from abroad. There was also another 64 new, so-called asymptomatic patient. They have no obvious signs COVID-19, but they are carriers of the coronavirus. A total of 1030 patients without symptoms currently are under medical supervision throughout mainland China, notes The Guardian.
