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WUHAN, China - Residents of China’s Wuhan city, ground zero for the coronavirus pandemic, have mixed emotions as containment measures are lifted and the community infection rate slows to a trickle, with some praising the government and others ruing the economic costs.
The strictest curbs on movement and business were in the Hubei provincial capital of Wuhan, where the virus is believed to have emerged from a seafood market last year. The city of 11 million people accounts for about 60% of China’s total infections, which stood at 81,518 as of Tuesday. Fang teared up as she described how she had planned to see her children who are back in her hometown after the Lunar New Year in January. She will be unable to return after the lockdown ends because she has to stay and sell her fruit.
The lockdown on residential compounds like hers was recently eased and she feels optimistic that the government has the crisis in hand.Her voice cracked with emotion as she recounted how she had worked through the past two months to support her neighbors and sanitize the compound. She thanked the government for sending ample supplies of protective gear like masks.
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