Chinese Authorities Lift Restrictions from Former COVID-19 Epidemic Center

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On the night of April 8, local time, China opened roads from Wuhan, the first hotbed of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic. The center of Hubei Province has been in complete isolation since late January. The day before, on April 7, not a single case of infection was recorded in the city. During the lockdown, authorities closed all educational institutions and completely suspended transport links. Residents could not leave the city without special permission. The gradual lockdown removal from Hubei province was reported at the end of March. Residents were allowed to travel outside the province if they did not have medical contraindications and did not pose a threat to others. Air links are expected to be resumed. The spread of the new type of coronavirus COVID-19 began from China at the end of December last year. Since the beginning of the epidemic, almost 82 thousand infections have been detected in the country. More than 3300 people died. Experts interviewed by Radio Liberty suggest Beijing is underestimating the number of coronavirus infections detected and those who died from the infection. According to recent data, an infection was detected in almost one and a half million people around the world. The number of deaths exceeds 81 thousand.