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China celebrates virus success as Europe suffers

Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) hands a medal to Zhong Nanshan (L) -- the country's most famous medical expert who emerged as the face of China's fight against Covid-19. [AFP]

China's leaders held a triumphant ceremony to celebrate beating the coronavirus on Tuesday, as billions of people around the world still suffer the fallout from the pandemic and the global death toll nears 900,000.

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