China's coronavirus pandemic epicenter Wuhan FINALLY ends 76-day lockdown

  /  arrowhead

The city where COVID-19 was first detected is finally ending its weeks-long lockdown.

After 11 weeks of lockdown, the first train departed Wednesday morning from a re-opened Wuhan, the origin point for the coronavirus pandemic, as residents once again were allowed to travel in and out of the sprawling central Chinese city.

Wuhan was the first epicenter of the virus with tens of thousands of residents getting sick and thousands dying.

This browser does not support the video element.

Wuhan's unprecedented lockdown served as a model for countries battling the coronavirus around the world. With restrictions now lifted, Hubei's provincial capital embarks on another experiment: resuming business and ordinary life while seeking to keep the number of new cases down.

Hot comments
Download All Football for more comments