China marks muted 5th anniversary of first ‘death’ from the disease that killed 7 million and changed world forever – Times of India
The fifth anniversary of the first known COVID-19 death passed quietly in China on Saturday, January 11, with no official commemorations, reflecting the pandemic’s status as a taboo subject. On January 11, 2020, Wuhan health officials announced the death of a 61-year-old man from pneumonia linked to a novel virus, later identified as SARS-CoV-2, the…