Viral Video: Wuhan residents stuck at home due to coronavirus sing anthem, shout slogans

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By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: January 31, 2020 2:32:11 pm

Several pictures and videos show residents singing from apartments and shouting phrases to encourage each other

Even as the city of Wuhan in China remains locked down to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, videos of residents of the city singing and encouraging each other from their  homes have gone viral.

Associated Press reported how residents of some high-rise apartment buildings in Wuhan came together from their balconies and windows to sing the national anthem and other songs.

The anthem’s refrain, “Qilai, qilai, qilai!” or “Rise up, rise up, rise up!” echoed between the towers of skyscrapers in the city of 11 million, where streets have grown eerily quiet as families try to avoid contact with others who may be infected, the report said.

Others shouted “Wuhan, fight!” echoing the chants heard from protesters in Hong Kong.

Watch the video here: