A mini-marathon was held in southern China as the COVID-19 outbreak has slowed across the country.<br /><br />The video, shot in the city of Dujiangyan in Sichuan Province on March 22, shows 1000 participants joining the 6km mini marathon to run along the road.<br /><br />It was the first marathon held in the country after the coronavirus outbreak.<br /><br />The marathon reduced the number of runners from 40,000 to only 1,000 and shortened the distance to 6 kilometres in consideration of the coronavirus pandemic. <br /><br />The 1000 runners were separated into ten groups and groups started off one-by-one in every two minutes.<br /><br />Robots were also used on site to disinfect, according to reports.
