China will hold a day of national mourning on Saturday for the “martyrs” who died while fighting the novel coronavirus outbreak inside the country, the government said.
During the commemoration, national flags will fly at half-mast whilst people across the country observe three minutes of silence.
“Air raid sirens and horns of automobiles, trains and ships will wail in grief,” China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The announcement comes after Chinese authorities revealed on Thursday that one of the first whistleblowers Dr. Li Wenliang had been awarded the “martyr” title
