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China Lifts Its Lockdown on Coronavirus Epicenter Wuhan

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By Rebecca Davis editor China on Wednesday officially lifted its 76-day lockdown on Wuhan, the city at the coronavirus pandemic’s epicenter, where the disease was first detected.

For the first time in 11 weeks, Wuhan’s more than 11 million residents were able to travel freely again, with tens of thousands choosing to leave by train, plane and automobile at the first opportunity. “This (is a) day people have long been looking forward to and it is right to be excited.

However, this day does not mark the final victory,” read an editorial in the Communist Party mouthpiece, The People’s Daily. “At the moment, we still need to remind ourselves that as Wuhan is unblocked, we can be pleased, but we must not relax.” China took the unprecedented

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