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Photos: Shadow of COVID-19 slowly lifts from epicentre Wuhan

China has largely brought its domestic epidemic under control

Published: August 11, 2020 07:31 AFP and compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of 441772-01-02-1597116117511 — Fans dancing at an electronic music festival, long lines at breakfast stands, gridlocked traffic - the scenes in coronavirus ground zero Wuhan these days would have been unthinkable in January. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441754-01-02-1597116103105 — People walking around a night market in Wuhan. The central Chinese city's recovery after a 76-day lockdown was lifted in April has brought life back onto its streets. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441726-01-02-1597116090661 — The queues snaking outside breakfast stands are a far cry from the terrified crowds that lined up at the city's hospitals in the first weeks after the city was quarantined in January to curb the spread of COVID-19. Image Credit: AFP

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A woman visiting the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan. — The hazmat suits and safety goggles that were once the norm have given way to umbrellas and sun hats as tourists shield themselves from the scorching summer sun, posing for photos in front of the city's historic Yellow Crane Tower. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441781-01-02-1597116128454 — But all is not back to normal. Business remains slow in Wuhan, a city of 11 million people where the coronavirus was first detected late last year before it unleashed a global pandemic. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441798-01-02-1597116140431 — "In the first half of the year, we only opened some projects that had been decided before the outbreak," Hu Zeyu, an employee at a local real estate company, tells AFP. "Business volume has been greatly reduced." Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441789-01-02-1597116137532 — Food stall owner Yang Liankang says things are improving slowly, with sales growing from around 300 yuan ($28.72) a day a month ago to more than 1,000 yuan. "It's not as good as my ideal," he says. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441758-01-02-1597116106107 — In some Wuhan neighbourhoods, plastic barriers ubiquitous during the lockdown continue to restrict traffic. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441804-01-02-1597116143295 — Many of the people first found to be infected worked at the Huanan Seafood Market, which was sealed off by the authorities. It still stands empty behind blue barriers. Some vendors have reopened their stalls elsewhere. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441788-01-02-1597116134325 — Wuhan has also had time to look back on its trauma, though only some memories make it into the official narrative. | Above: People dancing during next to the Yangtze River in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441806-01-02-1597116108951 — At a pandemic-themed exhibition, families peer through glass at autographed hazmat suits used by medical workers at the height of Wuhan's outbreak, in an attempt to document an unprecedented period in the city's history. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441764-01-02-1597116114656 — China has largely brought its domestic epidemic under control, but sporadic outbreaks and a summer of severe flooding have exacerbated the economic fallout. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441782-01-02-1597116131262 — Despite fears of a resurgence, some Wuhan residents are keen to enjoy the city's recovery. "Now I enjoy every day as if it were the last," says Hu Fenglian. "I don't want to worry too much." Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441743-01-02-1597116097024 — People buying food on a street in Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441834-01-02-1597116111777 — A vendor wearing a face mask as she works at her stall in a market in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441732-01-02-1597116093857 — A woman doing manicures for clients at a night market in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441775-01-02-1597116120814 — A man selling food on a street in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441778-01-02-1597116125610 — People visiting the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 441749-01-02-1597116099906 — A woman checking clothes for sale at a night market in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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