In pictures: Wuhan comes back to life

Apr 10, 2020

Medical workers hug at the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport after travel restrictions to leave Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, were lifted, April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC230G9IZC5R

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, Agenda, World Economic Forum

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

coronavirus wuhan People wearing face masks pose for pictures by the Yangtze river in Wuhan, Hubei province, as China holds a national mourning for those who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the Qingming tomb-sweeping festival, April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC2MXF97O94D

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

covid-19 - Volunteers from the Blue Sky Rescue team disinfect at the Qintai Grand Theatre in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 2, 2020. Picture taken April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC2QWF92FH9N

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

coronavirus covid-19 - A man wearing a face mask cries in Wuhan, Hubei province, as China holds a national mourning for those who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the Qingming tomb-sweeping festival, April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2HXF9B5THZ

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

People wearing protective gear are seen at the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport after travel restrictions to leave Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, were lifted, April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC210G9DN32L

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

Employees, wearing masks, work on a production line manufacturing display monitors at a TPV factory in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in China, April 7, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC2LZF9Q7S68

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 River on the eve of the Tomb-sweeping Festival in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Wuhan ,China, April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC23XF9COTYO

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

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