Video: China's Wuhan holds graduation ceremony for 11,000 students without masks, social-distancing
Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, June 16
At a time when the world is reeling under Covid pandemic, China is holding a graduation ceremony for its 11,000 students in Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic is believed to have begun.
A video of Central China Normal University’s students attending the graduation ceremony has gone viral.
More than 11,000 students took part in a massive graduation ceremony in Wuhan, 18 months after the city was battered by the first global outbreak of COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/yS6V28kbSI
— DW News (@dwnews) June 15, 2021
The video shows a large stadium packed with students and their family members, all sitting without following social-distancing and only a few wearing masks.
The event is said to have taken place on June 13.
According to local news outlet Hubei News, the ceremony was organised at the stadium within the university campus and was attended by more than 11,000 students.