The closure of the Chinese province of Hubei is lifted

The closure of the Chinese province of Hubei is lifted
Healthy citizens should be allowed to leave the province at midnight on Tuesday.

 
Wuhan - The closure of the Chinese province of Hubei due to the coronavirus pandemic is largely being lifted. Healthy citizens should be allowed to leave the province from midnight on Tuesday (local time), the authorities said.

The provincial capital Wuhan has not yet been taken into account in the easing - the closure should end there on April 8, state media report.

The central Chinese metropolis is the starting point for the pandemic. The first case of the viral disease Covid-19 was identified in early December 2019. The entire city was finally quarantined at the end of January.