In pictures: Wuhan comes back to life

Apr 10, 2020

Medical workers hug at the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport after travel restrictions were lifted

Image: REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC230G9IZC5R

Ceri Parker

Previously Commissioning Editor, Forum Stories, World Economic Forum

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The Chinese city of Wuhan endured a stringent lockdown lasting more than two and a half months.

But on April 8, with the coronavirus outbreak finally under control in China, people began venturing out into the spring sunshine.

Here are some Reuters image of a city slowly coming back to life, after a traumatic ordeal which infected more than 50,000 and killed over 2,500, according to official statistics.

A crowded Hankou Railway Station reflects a return to normality in Wuhan Image: REUTERS/Stringer

Fresh air and face masks as people pose by the Yangtze river Image: REUTERS/Aly Song - RC2MXF97O94D

A theatre in Wuhan is disinfected before the city opens up Image: REUTERS/Aly Song - RC2QWF92FH9N

A man cries during a national day of mourning for the victims of COVID-19 Image: REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2HXF9B5THZ

Passengers wear protective gear at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport Image: REUTERS/Aly Song - RC210G9DN32L

Employees resume work on a production line, manufacturing monitors Image: REUTERS

Fresh chrysanthemum flowers, a traditional Chinese funeral flower, lie on the banks of the Yangtze Image: REUTERS/Aly Song - RC23XF9COTYO

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