Coronavirus: China mourns Covid-19 victims with three-minute silence
In Wuhan, the epicentre of China's outbreak, all traffic lights in urban areas were turned red at 10:00, ceasing traffic for three minutes.
They include Li Wenliang, a doctor in Wuhan who died of Covid-19 after being reprimanded by the authorities for attempting to warn others about the disease. By 18 January, the confirmed number of cases had risen to around 60 - but experts estimated the real figure was closer to 1,700.China's government said the commemoration was held to pay respects to"martyrs"
From that point, the virus began to spread rapidly in Asia and then Europe, eventually reaching every corner of the globe.The BBC met people in Beijing heading out after the lockdown