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		</div><p>China has held a three-minute reflection to honour those who have died in the coronavirus outbreak.</p>
<p>Activity in all major cities in the country, which has recorded more than 80,000 cases and 3,000 deaths from Covid-19, stopped at 10am local time with commemorations particularly poignant in Wuhan.</p>
<p>The industrial city was where the virus was first detected in December and placed under complete lockdown on January 23 as authorities attempted to halt the spread.</p>
<p>Wuhan has been lauded as a <em>“heroic city”</em> by the nation’s communist leadership for the sacrifices made by its 11 million citizens.</p>
<p>People have gradually been allowed to travel in and out of Wuhan under strict conditions and the quarantine on the city is to be formally lifted on Wednesday.</p>
<p>On Saturday, China reported one new confirmed case in Wuhan and 18 among people arriving from abroad, along with four new deaths, all in Wuhan.</p>
<p>China’s figures, 81,639 cases and 3,326 deaths, are generally considered to be understated because of a lack of testing and a reluctance to report the scale of the original outbreak.</p>
<p>China’s slow, cautious emergence from the global pandemic comes as the US is struggling to deal with the outbreak that has taken more than 1,860 lives in New York City alone.</p>
<p>Italy, Spain and France are also seeing rising numbers of cases and deaths, although strict social distancing measures such as those adopted by China appear to be having an effect.</p>
<p>The State Council, China’s cabinet, ordered that national flags be flown at half-mast around the country and at Chinese embassies and consulates abroad, and the suspension of all public recreational activities.</p>
<p>The horns of cars, trains and ships joined in what the official Xinhua News Agency called a <em>“wail in grief”</em> for three minutes.</p>
<p>China has held such moments of silence in past, often to mark Second World War-era atrocities by Japan, but rarely on a national scale.</p>
<p>The commemoration also comes two days before the traditional Qingming festival, when Chinese visit the graves of their ancestors.</p>
<p>Officials have banned such observances this year to avoid large gatherings that might contribute to a feared second wave of infections.</p>
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