Shadow of COVID-19 slowly lifts from epicentre Wuhan

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Fans dancing at an electronic music festival, long lines at breakfast stands, gridlocked traffic -- the scenes in coronavirus ground zero Wuhan ...

Business remains slow in Wuhan, a city of 11 million people where the coronavirus was first detected late last year before it unleashed a global pandemic."In the first half of the year, we only opened some projects that had been decided before the outbreak," Hu Zeyu, an employee at a local real estate company, tells AFP.Food stall owner Yang Liankang says things are improving slowly, with sales growing from around 300 yuan a day a month ago to more than 1,000 yuan.

In some Wuhan neighbourhoods, plastic barriers ubiquitous during the lockdown continue to restrict traffic. Many of the people first found to be infected worked at the Huanan Seafood Market, which was sealed off by the authorities.Wuhan has also had time to look back on its trauma, though only some memories make it into the official narrative.

At a pandemic-themed exhibition, families peer through glass at autographed hazmat suits used by medical workers at the height of Wuhan's outbreak, in an attempt to document an unprecedented period in the city's history.China has largely brought its domestic epidemic under control, but sporadic outbreaks and aDespite fears of a resurgence, some Wuhan residents are keen to enjoy the city's recovery.

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