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China lifts Wuhan coronavirus shutdown

By John Gage
Published April 7, 2020 7:59pm ET
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China lifts Wuhan coronavirus shutdown
Workers in protective overalls walk past the Hankou railway station on the eve of its resuming outbound traffic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Just after midnight Wednesday, the city's 11 million residents will be permitted to leave without special authorization as long as a mandatory smartphone application shows they are healthy and have not been in recent contact with anyone confirmed to have the virus. | (Ng Han Guan/AP)

China has ended a 10-week shutdown of Wuhan, the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.

The lockdown came to an end on Wednesday after local officials claimed there have been no new deaths, though residents say they are lying about the impact the virus had on the region.

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