Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province and the epicentre of the deadly Novel Coronavirus outbreak has finally started to see the light of the day as the 76-day COVID-19 lockdown was lifted.
Mostly everyone in the city including delivery men, office employees, doctors, and nurses were trapped ever since the lockdown came into effect. The provincial authorities have also lifted the temporary hold it had imposed on the local transport and inter-province transport, bringing back the crowds on the streets of Wuhan, as per Global Times
Wuhan entered a lockdown in late January, which was then seen by many as a draconian move but since then lockdowns have proved as a measure to curb the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
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Provincial authorities in Hubei had lifted lockdown for the province except for Wuhan on March 25 in an attempt to bring normalcy to the worst-affected province in mainland China.People in Hubei were given colour-coded QR codes, which indicates their health status. People with green QR codes indicating good health were let out of their homes
The easing of restrictions will be extended to Wuhan, where the coronavirus first emerged in December, and residents with a green QR code will be able to leave the city and the province.
About 55,000 people are estimated to leave Wuhan by train on Wednesday, most of whom are heading to the Pearl River Delta, home to many of China’s warehouses. The first train will go to Nanning, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region at 7:06 am, according to the local railway authority.
The COVID-19 pandemic has till now claimed more than 80,000 lives globally as the number of confirmed cases crossed 1.4 million.
(With ANI inputs)