Photos: Wuhan, China’s coronavirus hot spot gradually reopens

By HT Correspondent

Updated On Mar 31, 2020 04:55 pm IST

The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak first emerged, began lifting a two-month lockdown this past Saturday by restarting some metro services and reopening borders, allowing some semblance of normality to return and families to reunite. After being cut-off from the rest of the country for two months, the reopening of Wuhan, where the epidemic first erupted in late December, marks a turning point in China's fight against the virus, though the contagion has since spread to over 200 countries.

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People wearing face masks hug on the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province. The city, at the centre of China’s outbreak was reopening for business Monday after authorities lifted more of the controls that locked downs tens of millions of people for two months. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 31, 2020 04:55 pm IST

People wearing face masks hug on the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province. The city, at the centre of China’s outbreak was reopening for business Monday after authorities lifted more of the controls that locked downs tens of millions of people for two months. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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People wearing masks line up to enter a shopping mall outside a Gucci store in Wuhan. While governments worldwide were tightening travel and other controls, the ruling Communist Party has rolled back curbs on Wuhan and other areas as it tries to revive the world’s second-largest economy. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 31, 2020 04:55 pm IST

People wearing masks line up to enter a shopping mall outside a Gucci store in Wuhan. While governments worldwide were tightening travel and other controls, the ruling Communist Party has rolled back curbs on Wuhan and other areas as it tries to revive the world’s second-largest economy. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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Staff members holding disinfectant gel and thermometer stand at an entrance of a shopping mall. The city in Hubei province is the last major population centre still under travel controls. Residents were allowed to go to other parts of Hubei but could not leave the province. Restrictions on other Hubei residents were lifted March 23. The final curbs on Wuhan end April 8. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 31, 2020 04:55 pm IST

Staff members holding disinfectant gel and thermometer stand at an entrance of a shopping mall. The city in Hubei province is the last major population centre still under travel controls. Residents were allowed to go to other parts of Hubei but could not leave the province. Restrictions on other Hubei residents were lifted March 23. The final curbs on Wuhan end April 8. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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People with face masks eat outside a McDonald's restaurant in Wuhan on March 30. President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan for the first time on March 10 in a show of official confidence that the virus was under control. The next day, the government began to ease controls on Hubei, allowing some factories and other businesses deemed essential to reopen. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 31, 2020 04:55 pm IST

People with face masks eat outside a McDonald's restaurant in Wuhan on March 30. President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan for the first time on March 10 in a show of official confidence that the virus was under control. The next day, the government began to ease controls on Hubei, allowing some factories and other businesses deemed essential to reopen. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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Barber Xiong Juan, 39, cuts a customer's hair at a residential compound in Wuhan. Xiong, 39, now spends her days riding around on her electric bicycle and offering her services to local residents who like her were stuck at home after authorities ordered the lockdown. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 31, 2020 04:55 pm IST

Barber Xiong Juan, 39, cuts a customer's hair at a residential compound in Wuhan. Xiong, 39, now spends her days riding around on her electric bicycle and offering her services to local residents who like her were stuck at home after authorities ordered the lockdown. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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A woman wearing a face mask slips through barriers, which have been built to block buildings from a street in Wuhan on March 29, 2020. Wuhan has been the centre of the most intensive anti-disease controls ever imposed after the virus emerged in December. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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A woman wearing a face mask slips through barriers, which have been built to block buildings from a street in Wuhan on March 29, 2020. Wuhan has been the centre of the most intensive anti-disease controls ever imposed after the virus emerged in December. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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A couple wearing face masks walk past a statue of former leader Mao Zedong. Wuhan suffered 2,547 coronavirus deaths, accounting for about 80% of China’s total fatality toll of 3,186 as of Sunday, according to the National Health Commission. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 31, 2020 04:55 pm IST

A couple wearing face masks walk past a statue of former leader Mao Zedong. Wuhan suffered 2,547 coronavirus deaths, accounting for about 80% of China’s total fatality toll of 3,186 as of Sunday, according to the National Health Commission. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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A delivery worker passes food to a woman over barriers blocking an entrance to a residential area. Officials are under orders to revive manufacturing, retail and other industries while also preventing a spike in infections as people return to work. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 31, 2020 04:55 pm IST

A delivery worker passes food to a woman over barriers blocking an entrance to a residential area. Officials are under orders to revive manufacturing, retail and other industries while also preventing a spike in infections as people return to work. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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People wearing face masks walk on a bridge. With the United States, Italy and Spain and other countries now battling soaring infections, China is focusing on the risk posed by imported cases - most of them Chinese returning home. Effective Saturday, China suspended the entry of foreign nationals with valid Chinese visas and residence permits. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 31, 2020 04:55 pm IST

People wearing face masks walk on a bridge. With the United States, Italy and Spain and other countries now battling soaring infections, China is focusing on the risk posed by imported cases - most of them Chinese returning home. Effective Saturday, China suspended the entry of foreign nationals with valid Chinese visas and residence permits. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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Staff members move barriers in front of the railway station on the first day of inbound services on March 28. Even with the decline in cases and loosening of restrictions, Wuhan authorities are taking few chances. Staff, some in full-body protective gear, and volunteers bustle around the railway station, reminding travellers they need a mobile-phone based health code to take public transport. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 31, 2020 04:55 pm IST

Staff members move barriers in front of the railway station on the first day of inbound services on March 28. Even with the decline in cases and loosening of restrictions, Wuhan authorities are taking few chances. Staff, some in full-body protective gear, and volunteers bustle around the railway station, reminding travellers they need a mobile-phone based health code to take public transport. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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A staff member wearing a face mask holds a placard while standing among passengers on a subway train, on the first day the city's subway services resumed. The Chinese characters on the placard read: “Wear a mask for the entire journey, people should not gather and when you disembark please scan the health code.” (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 31, 2020 04:55 pm IST

A staff member wearing a face mask holds a placard while standing among passengers on a subway train, on the first day the city's subway services resumed. The Chinese characters on the placard read: “Wear a mask for the entire journey, people should not gather and when you disembark please scan the health code.” (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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A subway train seen on the first day the subway services resumed. Last week, visitors to Wuhan were required to report how they arrived and their reason for coming. Hotel guests were checked twice a day for fever and were required to show a code on a smartphone app that tracks the user’s health and travel. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 31, 2020 04:55 pm IST

A subway train seen on the first day the subway services resumed. Last week, visitors to Wuhan were required to report how they arrived and their reason for coming. Hotel guests were checked twice a day for fever and were required to show a code on a smartphone app that tracks the user’s health and travel. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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Two chairs are pictured at a closed entrance of a residential community is seen in Wuhan. The existence of an unknown number of asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus in China has raised concerns among the public that lifting the restrictions may release thousands of people who could still be unknowingly spreading the virus that causes COVID-19. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 31, 2020 04:55 pm IST

Two chairs are pictured at a closed entrance of a residential community is seen in Wuhan. The existence of an unknown number of asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus in China has raised concerns among the public that lifting the restrictions may release thousands of people who could still be unknowingly spreading the virus that causes COVID-19. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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