Despite these facts, their actions demonstrated clear solidarity toward the patients, with special regard for paediatric patients.
Writing on the event page, De Vaartkapoen, a community group and the organisers of the vigil, wrote: "In these dark times, it is important that we give a clear message of solidarity".
It would be a clear demonstration of allied solidarity and burden-sharing in the face of a common threat.
Members of primitive societies have a clear sense of their solidarity in the framework of the family, the clan, and the tribe.
Dr Chan said the announcement is a "clear call for international solidarity" over the outbreak, which is the largest and longest in history.
Yet in much of western Europe there has been a clear shift away from solidarity, towards harsher policies that shield the rich from their responsibilities to the rest of society.
As a "clear signal of European solidarity", this week EU home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom decided to send a mission from the European agency for border control, Frontex, to the Italian island of Lampedusa, where about 6,000 migrants, mostly Tunisians, have arrived in the last two weeks.
Last year, Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury wrote that meeting our 0.7% goal is "a clear and significant commitment to solidarity with our global neighbours".
Their actions were a deep demonstration of solidarity, and sent a clear message to the Chinese leadership.
The protest, which drew supporters from across Europe, was meant to send a "clear and visible signal of international solidarity against the authoritarian crisis management and the poverty inducing policies of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund," organizers said.
