Wuhan Lockdown Lifted: Daily Life in City That Became Epicentre of COVID-19 Outbreak in China

The city of Wuhan is gradually returning to its normal pace of life after the Chinese authorities lifted the lockdown and resumed traffic to and out of the city. The move comes just a day after the nation reported zero new coronavirus deaths for the first time since January.

Wuhan, which was the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, had been on lockdown since 23 January.

China currently has 82,883 coronavirus cases, the sixth highest number globally. The country has reported 3,339 deaths and 77,678 recoveries, according to data provided by Johns Hopkins University as of 9 April, 1:03 pm.

To have a glimpse at what life is like in a city that defeated coronavirus, check out Sputnik's photo gallery.

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Medical workers hug at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport after travel restrictions to leave Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, were lifted, 8 April 2020.

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A police officer directs vehicles at the toll station of an expressway after travel restrictions to leave Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, were lifted, 8 April 2020.

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Travellers line up with their belongings outside Hankou Railway Station after travel restrictions to leave Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, were lifted, 8 April 2020.

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Members of security forces stand guard at the Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan as travel restrictions for leaving the city, the epicentre of a global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, are lifted and people will be allowed to leave the city via road, rail and air, in Wuhan, Hubei, China 8 April 2020.

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A policeman stands on a high-speed train, the first to leave Wuhan's Hankou Railway Station in two months as travel restrictions for leaving the city, the epicentre of a global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, are lifted and people will be allowed to leave the city via road, rail and air, in Wuhan, Hubei, China, 8 April 2020.

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Travellers are seen inside Hankou Railway Station after travel restrictions to leave Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, were lifted, 8 April 2020.

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Passengers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19 board the first high-speed train to leave Hankou train station after the resumption of train services in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Wednesday, 8 April 2020. After 11 weeks of lockdown, the first train departed Wednesday morning from a re-opened Wuhan, the origin point for the coronavirus pandemic, as residents once again were allowed to travel in and out of the sprawling central Chinese city.

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A traveller adjusts her face shield outside Hankou Railway Station after travel restrictions to leave Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, were lifted, 8 April 2020.

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Passengers wearing face masks and rain coats to protect against the spread of new coronavirus walk outside of Hankou train station after of the resumption of train services in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Wednesday, 8 April 2020. After 11 weeks of lockdown, the first train departed Wednesday morning from a re-opened Wuhan, the origin point for the coronavirus pandemic, as residents once again were allowed to travel in and out of the sprawling central Chinese city.

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Travellers are seen at check-in counters at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport after travel restrictions to leave Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, were lifted, 8 April 2020.

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A person helps a child put on a protective face mask at Wuhan's Hankou Railway Station as travel restrictions for leaving the city, the epicentre of a global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, are lifted and people will be allowed to leave the city via road, rail and air, in Wuhan, Hubei, China 8 April 2020.

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A child is lifted high as residents visit a retail street in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Wednesday, 8 April 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Medical staff from Jilin Province (in red) hug nurses from Wuhan after working together during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak during a ceremony before leaving as Tianhe Airport is reopened in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on 8 April 2020. - Thousands of Chinese travellers rushed to leave COVID-19 coronavirus-ravaged Wuhan on 8 April as authorities lifted a more than two-month prohibition on outbound travel from the city where the global pandemic first emerged.

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Residents cross the Yangtze River on a ferry in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Wednesday, 8 April 2020. Streets in the city of 11 million people were clogged with traffic and long lines formed at the airport, train and bus stations as thousands streamed out of the city to return to homes and jobs elsewhere. Yellow barriers that had blocked off some streets were gone, although the gates to residential compounds remained guarded.