China Lifting Coronavirus Quarantine In Wuhan On April 8
As the coronavirus pandemic broke out in Wuhan, China late last year, the city and surrounding areas are now reopening venues and officially ending the mass quarantine on April 8.
As we reported yesterday, over 4,000 venues across China’s mainland have reopened, this as the country’s contained the virus and report no new local cases as of March 19; a dramatic plunge following 80,000 infections and over 3,200 deaths.
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After two months of lockdown, which began on January 23, the local government stated Tuesday (Mar 24) that due to a significant reduction in cases, the city will lift the quarantine and resume all transportation and business as usual.
Additionally, the strict quarantine, following the out-of-control outbreak, restricted movements of 60 million people in the province of Hubei and surrounding areas.
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Furthermore, as China begins to return to business and life as usual, experts warn of a second wave of infections. They warn that although numbers have fallen to the single digits, imported cases into the country could spark infections again.
Experts state that the coronavirus is harder to detect and lingers longer than SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome); the 2003 pandemic that infected 8,000 people before disappearing.