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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Xi Jinping honours China's citizen volunteers

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Yuvraj Malik New Delhi
China honours citizen volunteers who helped during Covid-19: In a pomp-filled ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Xi personally conferred medals on citizens deemed to have played instrumental roles in China’s fight against the virus identified in December in Wuhan. While other nations from India to the US grapple with ever-expanding outbreaks, China hasn’t reported a domestic infection in 22 days and Xi has increasingly turned his attention to bolstering the battered economy. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total Confirmed Cases: 27,339,132

Change Over Yesterday: 224,561

Total Deaths: 892,648

Total Recovered: 18,337,243

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