2020’s Top 10 Nation News Stories
1 All-Out War on COVID-19
The year 2020 will go down in history as the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) year, with the first case reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province in central China.
Outbound traffic from Wuhan was shut down on January 23 and top-level public health emergency responses were activated across the country. Resources, including more than 42,000 medical workers, were mobilized from other areas to assist Hubei.
In about three months, a decisive victory had been secured and on April 8, Wuhan lifted its outbound traffic restrictions after 76 days. On April 26, the last hospitalized COVID-19 patient in the city was discharged. Social and economic activities across the
