Coronavirus: Life under lockdown — Wuhan's windows, balconies and rooftops

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Coronavirus: Life under lockdown — Wuhan's windows, balconies and rooftops

A look at how Wuhan residents holed up in their apartments are getting on with their lives

Published: March 12, 2020 11:11 Reuters and Compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Digital Content Producer

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130652Z_576956346_RC2PHF96HZ21_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997174712 — A woman places items out on a balcony to dry at a residential compound in Wuhan. The central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus is believed to have originated, remains under lockdown after more than 50 days, even as the world's attention has shifted to other hotspots. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130715Z_1312365276_RC2PHF985F3L_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997192196 — A woman places food out on a balcony to dry at a residential compound in Wuhan. Chinese officials and some public health experts have credited the draconian confinement measures on a city of 11 million, and much of Hubei province, of which it is the capital, with slowing the spread of the disease and turning the tide of infection across China. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130647Z_885555810_RC2PHF9XA1IP_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997107639 — A man looks out of the window while eating noodles at a residential compound. | Other countries, including Iran, Italy and the United States, are struggling to manage their outbreaks. But even as the number of new reported cases falls in Wuhan, people in the city remain suspended in an isolated new normal. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130642Z_192384754_RC2PHF9HAA2E_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997123999 — A child plays next to adults sitting on the roof terrace of a building. Residents are forbidden from venturing out of their homes even to buy food, which must be delivered. Schools and most shops remain shut, and roads are virtually empty. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130704Z_2080200458_RC2PHF9I0DQ0_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997137722 — High-rise residential buildings are pictured in Wuhan. | On Tuesday, Wuhan closed the last of 14 makeshift hospitals set up to treat and isolate patients after the outbreak had overwhelmed the city's healthcare system. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130721Z_166095089_RC2PHF9R7KNA_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997178978 — More than 50,000 coronavirus cases have been reported in Wuhan, with over 2,400 deaths, making it the location hardest-hit by far in an epidemic that has infected more than 125,000 people globally and killed over 4,600. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130701Z_1126421337_RC2PHF972EWV_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997152225 — The outbreak has also exacted an unquantifiable psychological toll on people in Wuhan as families cope with loss, children are unable to go to school or play outside, and livelihoods are imperilled as people can't go to work. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130656Z_2015157533_RC2PHF9OCXM3_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997166030 — A woman knits as she sits on the terrace of a building at a residential compound. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130701Z_1180570217_RC2PHF9PWBAA_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997148042 — A man walks on the rooftop of a building. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130659Z_2078939542_RC2PHF9Q11DL_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997156874 — Children play football as a man gets his hair cut on the roof terrace of a building. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130701Z_140481258_RC2PHF9NW7GZ_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997142474 — A man checks his mobile phone by the window of a residential building. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130655Z_562847110_RC2PHF91MF76_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997170588 — A man stands on the terrace of a building at a residential compound. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130706Z_179039214_RC2PHF9432V0_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997133141 — A woman stands on the terrace of a building at a residential compound. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130657Z_2080395713_RC2PHF9M0HZL_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997161350 — A woman hangs laundry up to dry in front of a woman sitting on a roof of a building, at a residential compound. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130717Z_1938551916_RC2PHF9AAIJS_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997187982 — A woman places food to dry outside on a laundry rack by the window of a building. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130720Z_222974567_RC2PHF9DSB9E_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997183563 — A woman leans out of a window as she hangs laundry out to dry, at a residential compound. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130641Z_628831223_RC2PHF9O1TSI_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997128606 — A man smokes a cigarette by the window of a residential building. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130643Z_1463199822_RC2PHF9AFAP5_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997119893 — A man looks out of the window of a residential building. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130645Z_559188604_RC2PHF9HW4K7_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997115943 — A man looks out of the window at a residential compound. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130710Z_210499108_RC2PHF9D6MVQ_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997204536 — A woman leans out of a window above closed shops blocked by barricade. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130712Z_729447798_RC2PHF9EXNWM_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997200421 — A man stands on the terrace of a building at a residential compound. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130713Z_239265743_RC2PHF9I61L7_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997196598 — A man stands on the terrace of a building as he speaks to someone below at a residential compound. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130645Z_86623435_RC2PHF9Y0VWR_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997111626 — A woman looks at her mobile phone as she sits on a balcony near a man standing by a window at a residential compound. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130650Z_2094804607_RC2PHF9ZFQQK_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997103590 — An elderly man stands on a balcony at a residential compound. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130708Z_1270184965_RC2PHF97NXOR_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997212413 — A woman looks outside from the balcony at a residential compound in Wuhan. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-11T130710Z_1411667494_RC2PHF9F5GP6_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1583997208508 — A man wearing a face mask stands on the terrace of a building in Wuhan. Image Credit: REUTERS

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