Global death toll from coronavirus tops 82000

LOCKDOWN ENDED

On Wednesday, there is also good news in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The megacity of Wuhan in the central Chinese province of Hubei lifted outbound travel restrictions after almost 11 weeks of lockdown, imposed to stem the COVID-19 outbreak.

More than 55,000 passengers are expected to leave by train on Wednesday, about 40 percent of whom are heading to the Pearl River Delta Region.

No new cases of COVID-19 were reported Tuesday in Hubei, the provincial health commission said Wednesday.

The commission said Hubei had 670 asymptomatic patients under medical observation by Tuesday, after 50 cases were ruled out while 30 new patients were reported.

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The Hubei Province has so far reported 67,803 cases in total, including 50,008 in Wuhan.
Shortly after midnight at Wuchang Railway Station, more than 400 passengers jumped on train K81 heading for Guangzhou in the south, the first train leaving Wuhan after the lockdown was lifted.

What’s more, 276 passenger trains will leave Wuhan for Shanghai, Shenzhen and other cities.

Railway authorities are requiring passengers to scan health codes and have their temperatures checked when entering the stations and wear masks to reduce the risk of infection.

Meanwhile, Wuhan Tianhe International Airport started resuming domestic passenger flights. The airport is expected to see more than 200 inbound and outbound flights on Wednesday.

On Jan. 23, Wuhan declared unprecedented traffic restrictions, including suspending the city’s public transport and all outbound flights and trains, in an attempt to stem the epidemic.

Source: Xinhua