People walk along a pedestrian street in Wuhan, China’s central Hubei province on January 23, 2021, one year after the city went into lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. Exactly one year after it thrust the word “lockdown” into the global conversation, Wuhan passed the anniversary on Saturday with a mix of pride at emerging from COVID-19’s grip and caution over a possible relapse.
One by one, adjacent areas in hard-hit Hubei province quickly followed suit, as did governments worldwide as the coronavirus went global. Huang Genben, 76, spent 67 days in hospital fighting Covid-19 last year, spitting up blood and expecting to die.Like many of his countrymen, he expresses pride at the “great efforts” made by China’s government and citizens to contain the pandemic, exemplified by Wuhan.
The government has pushed an official propaganda narrative — starring Wuhan — focusing on a “heroic” Chinese response and recovery. But China has otherwise released little information on its origins, fuelling calls in the west for more transparency.
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