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Photos: Wuhan, China's coronavirus hot spot gradually revives

Wuhan is reopening for business after authorities lift most of the controls

Published: March 31, 2020 12:50 Compiled by Balaram Menon

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Copy of 2020-03-31T032515Z_1582725501_RC2RUF9CPY95_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1585644407562 — People wearing face masks practise social distancing as they wait outside a Postal Savings Bank of China branch in Wuhan. 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. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_China_Wuhan_Revives_77366.jpg-59024-1585644413664 — People wearing protective masks walk on a re-opened shopping mall in Wuhan. The city where the coronavirus outbreak first emerged, began lifting a two-month lockdown for its population of 11 million by restarting some metro services and reopening borders, allowing some semblance of normality to return and families to reunite. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 755428-01-08-1585644417024 — A hotel employee wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant on an arriving guest, as a preventative measure against the coronavirus in Wuhan Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-30T041208Z_1055416246_RC23UF9IV852_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-WUHAN-1585644467823 — Staff members holding disinfectant gel and thermometer stand at an entrance of a shopping mall in Wuhan, Hubei province Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-30T044003Z_1984016196_RC24UF9LZ3MD_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-WUHAN-1585644464651 — Staff members wearing face masks get ready for a ceremony before a Gucci store inside a shopping mall opens in Wuhan Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-31T080342Z_1306450014_RC2WUF9EU1A5_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1585644396414 — Volunteers in protective suits disinfect a shopping complex in Wuhan Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 757862-01-08-1585644403805 — Medical workers who volunteered in Wuhan to help combat the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, sign a banner before boarding a bus to return home, in Wuhan Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 753116-01-08-1585644449005 — People wearing face masks shop at a supermarket in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei province Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-30T101438Z_472795365_RC2AUF98BAC6_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1585644440599 — People with face masks eat outside a McDonald's restaurant in Wuhan Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 752962-01-08-1585644461421 — A man wearing a protective suit takes the temperature in a neighbourhood in Wuhan, after travel restrictions into the city were eased following more than two months of lockdown due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 752970-01-08-1585644458304 — Pharmacy workers wearing protective suit attend to the public in a pharmacy in Wuhan Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 754835-01-08-1585644426719 — Youths wearing facemasks meet at a park in Wuhan Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 757877-01-08-1585644401494 — A woman wearing a face mask rides her scooter along a street in Wuhan Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 757878-01-08-1585644398938 — Community volunteers wearing protective gear (in white) check residents entering and leaving a compound in Wuhan Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_China_Wuhan_Revives_61291.jpg-f9816-1585644451966 — A store worker in protective suit waits for customers at a re-opened retail street in Wuhan Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 753120-01-08-1585644444648 — People wearing face masks queue to enter a supermarket in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei province Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-31T080345Z_1171920165_RC2WUF9F9YUU_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1585644392629 — Volunteers in protective suits work on disinfecting a shopping complex in Wuhan Image Credit: REUTERS

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Medical workers — Medical workers who volunteered in Wuhan to help combat the coronavirus outbreak, stand as a group before they board a bus to return home, in Wuhan Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-30T103214Z_73970650_RC2AUF9ON22Z_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-BARBER-1585644437072 — Barber Xiong Juan cuts a customer's hair at a residential compound in Wuhan Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 755073-01-08-1585644423383 — An ambulance medical staff sprays disinfectant on his colleague after arriving at Wuhan Red Cross Hospital with an elderly woman, who recovered from COVID-19 Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-31T080345Z_461212994_RC2WUF9AR60D_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1585644388693 — People eat on a bench at a shopping complex in Wuhan, Hubei province Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 754414-01-08-1585644433495 — A woman wearing a face mask shops at a supermarket in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei province Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_China_Wuhan_Revives_65780.jpg-c7a5d-1585644420079 — Workers wearing protective suits check customers' health QR codes at the entrance of a re-opened shopping mall in in Wuhan Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-03-31T032736Z_546965779_RC2RUF9JAGJE_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CHINA-WUHAN-1585644410569 — People wearing face masks practise social distancing as they wait outside a Hankou Bank branch in Wuhan Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_China_Wuhan_Revives_46427.jpg-305c1~1-1585644455161 — A store worker waits for customers at a re-opened retail street in Wuhan Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 754677-01-08-1585644429854 — Men wearing facemasks stand on Wuhan Bridge over the Yangtze River in Wuhan Image Credit: AFP

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