BEIJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- A national mourning is held on Saturday for martyrs who died in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak and compatriots who died of the disease.
At 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Chinese people nationwide observed three minutes of silence to mourn for the deceased, while air raid sirens and horns of automobiles, trains and ships wailed in grief.
A poster shows a Chinese national flag flying at half-mast to mourn for martyrs who died in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and compatriots who died of the disease at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, April 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Xu Xiaoxuan)
