Censors deleted social media posts mocking Xi 's absence from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China in 2020 .
Xi Jinping claimed that he personally commanded the fight against coronavirus outbreak when meeting with WHO director general in Beijing on 28 January , but according to a report by The Guardian he has not made any public presence since then ; social media posts mocking Xi 's absence were prompted deleted by censors.
2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in mainland China