Wuhan eases coronavirus lockdown as restrictions intensify outside China
by Lily Kuo in Shanghai from on (#513H0)
Residents in Chinese city allowed to leave compounds for first time in weeks, as nearly one in three Americans told to stay at home
Wuhan, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak in China, has begun to loosen its two-month lockdown on citizens as more countries issued new restrictions to contain the pandemic.
On Monday, small groups of residents in the central Chinese city were leaving their residential compounds, going to grocery stores and walking along the streets for the first time in weeks. At the weekend, the first train arrived in the city ferrying more than 1,000 workers from elsewhere in the province back to the city for work.
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