Wuhan's massive pool party shows the city, as well as the Chinese government have achieved a strategic victory over coronavirus, said Zhao Lijian, Foreign Ministry spokesperson. Chinese state newspapers threw their support behind an amusement park in the central city of Wuhan on Thursday after pictures of a densely packed pool party at the park went viral overseas amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. Another story in the Global Times, a tabloid published by the ruling Communist Party’s People’s Daily, cited Wuhan residents as saying the pool party reflected the city’s success in its virus-control efforts. While the coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, strict lockdown measures that paralysed the Chinese economy earlier this year have kept its spread in check. More than 22.27 million people have been reported to have been infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 781,162?

Source: The Standard August 20, 2020 14:26 UTC