Inside the Dystopian, Post-Lockdown World of WuhanThen, just as people were beginning to venture outside more -- with social distancing and temperature checks a new regular fixture -- the sudden emergence of a new cluster of infections in May once again put the city on edge.
Restrictions returned, and the local government tested the entire population of 11 million in just two weeks. Since then, the city hasn’t reported a single case.“The trajectory of Wuhan’s economy and the rest of China show the post-virus recovery will be rapid albeit on a two-track path," said Wen Bin, a researcher at China Minsheng Banking Corp in Beijing. “Small outbreaks of new infections will likely continue to take place during the recovery, but it probably won’t.