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Beijing
China reported 45 new cases of coronavirus and five more Covid-19 deaths on Sunday, 44 of which were so-called imported cases detected in recent travellers, the country’s National Health Commission said.
The single locally transmitted case was in Henan province in central China.
Meanwhile in the city of Wuhan, lockdown measures were starting to be relaxed, and more than 12,000 passengers returned to Wuhan from all over the country, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported late Saturday.
High-speed trains stopped in the Hubei provincial capital for the first time in over two months on Saturday, according to Chinese news site The Paper.
Train services within the city of over 11 million also resumed on the same day.
Passengers could disembark, but boarding remains prohibited until 8 April, when outbound travel restrictions on the city will be lifted. Travel restrictions for Hubei outside of Wuhan were lifted earlier in the week.
According to the municipal railways department, Saturday saw over 60,000 people aboard more than 260 train services from throughout the country arrive at the city, an important hub in the country’s rail network.
The Paper reported that the arriving passengers were Wuhan residents “coming home” after becoming trapped elsewhere in the country and being unable to return to the city due to the lockdown.
The lockdown on 23 January coincided with the Spring Festival holiday that sees many urban-dwellers return to their family’s homes outside of their current city of residence.
Beijing
China reported 45 new cases of coronavirus and five more Covid-19 deaths on Sunday, 44 of which were so-called imported cases detected in recent travellers, the country’s National Health Commission said.
The single locally transmitted case was in Henan province in central China.
Meanwhile in the city of Wuhan, lockdown measures were starting to be relaxed, and more than 12,000 passengers returned to Wuhan from all over the country, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported late Saturday.
High-speed trains stopped in the Hubei provincial capital for the first time in over two months on Saturday, according to Chinese news site The Paper.
Train services within the city of over 11 million also resumed on the same day.
Passengers could disembark, but boarding remains prohibited until 8 April, when outbound travel restrictions on the city will be lifted. Travel restrictions for Hubei outside of Wuhan were lifted earlier in the week.
According to the municipal railways department, Saturday saw over 60,000 people aboard more than 260 train services from throughout the country arrive at the city, an important hub in the country’s rail network.
The Paper reported that the arriving passengers were Wuhan residents “coming home” after becoming trapped elsewhere in the country and being unable to return to the city due to the lockdown.
The lockdown on 23 January coincided with the Spring Festival holiday that sees many urban-dwellers return to their family’s homes outside of their current city of residence.
