Coronavirus: Wuhan, life after confinement – 20 minutes
Two months after being confined, Wuhan, the starting point of the pandemic of coronavirus, seems to take a breath slowly. On January 23, after the virus appeared and the number of cases increased, the Chinese authorities decided to place this city of 11 million inhabitants, located in central China, under an isolation “bubble”. Rail and air transport
were first suspended, before a ban on residents of the urban area to leave their homes and leave the city.
After 75 days, the authorities finally lifted the closure and the final exit restrictions at 12:00 am local time. This decision, a sign of the end of the health crisis for China, comes when, for the first time in two months, the Chinese Ministry of Health reports zero new deaths linked to Covid-19 in the country.
For several days already, some shops and transport have reopened and the residents go out, more timidly than before, into the streets. But if the city seems to come back to life, traces of the epidemic are still present. On April 4, for the first time in two months, residents of Wuhan were able to pay homage to people who died from coronavirus. Of the 3,500 fatal cases identified by the Chinese government, the city has 2,535.
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