Tens of thousands prepare to leave Wuhan after spending two months in coronavirus lockdown

Tens of thousands of people who spent the last two months locked down in Wuhan were preparing to leave the city to return to jobs in other parts of the country after the unprecedented restrictions on movement were lifted on Wednesday.

Tang Zhiyong, a Wuhan native and vice-president of furniture company Red Star Macalline, said he was planning to head for Shanghai, where the company is based, on Wednesday. Last month the State Council issued a directive aimed at protecting jobs by promising to cut fees or subsidise businesses. The municipal police said on Tuesday that traffic levels in the city of 11 million have reached about half the level in December, before the outbreak was identified.Changjiang DailyThe city went into lockdown just before Lunar New Year, a time when tens of millions of people travel across China to visit their hometowns.The state-owned China Railway Corporation predicts that 55,000 passengers will leave the city on Wednesday.

For others, the lockdown has not yet ended. Xiao Fei, a PhD student who lives inside the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, is still not allowed to leave the campus.

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