As of Friday, 2,567 people in the city had died of the virus while 50,008 were infected. Authorities in the city of 11 million have banned all tomb sweeping activities in its cemeteries until at least April 30. "I don't dare to call her anymore because the tomb sweeping festival is coming up ... and it is especially important to the elderly." JOSS PAPER, FLOWERSStill, some in Wuhan found alternative ways to commemorate the festival and find solace in spite of those restrictions. Dai, the property agent, said she hopes she and her mother can resume how they usually spend the tomb sweeping festival next year, when the epidemic is over.

Source: bd News24 April 04, 2020 01:18 UTC