In China, tens of thousands of people in Wuhan, the origin point and epicentre for the Corona virus pandemic, began travelling out of the sprawling city today as the 73-day lockdown was lifted. The Chinese Health Authority said today that 62 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported on the Chinese mainland yesterday, including 59 cases of people returning from abroad, taking the total tally to 1,042.
Three new domestic cases were reported, including two in Shandong Province and one in Guangdong Province, the National Health Commission (NHC) said. Also, 137 new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported and 1,095 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation. Two deaths were reported yesterday, with one in Shanghai and the other in Hubei Province, taking the overall death toll in the country to 3,333.
After 76 days of stringent lockdown, Wuhan — the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak — lifted its restrictions.The city of 11 million people, which has been on lockdown since January 23, experienced one of the most extensive quarantine restrictions in the world.For more than two months, it suspended all public transport, shut down its businesses, and banned people from entering and leaving the city.Only one person per household was allowed to leave their homes to buy food or medicine every 72 hours.The first case of coronavirus was recorded in Wuhan in December.
Earlier on Monday, the NHC reported no deaths for the first time after it began publishing COVID-19 daily reports since January this year. The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 81,802 yesterday, including 1,190 patients still being treated, 77,279 patients discharged after recovery and 3,333 people died of the disease.
- The city of Wuhan lifted its strict lockdown measures at midnight on Wednesday, ending some ten weeks of coronavirus self-isolation.
Highway tolls have reopened, while train, bus, and flights services resumed.
People are allowed to use public transport and go back to work provided they have permission from the government’s color-coded smartphone health system.
But Chinese authorities and health experts are still concerned about reinfection and have warned people to still be cautious.
Scroll down to see images of the 11 million-strong city slowly returning to normal life.
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