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China to lift travel curbs on Hubei province, including Wuhan

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China has announced that a lockdown would be lifted on more than 50 million people in central Hubei province where the coronavirus first emerged late last year.

But fears rose over a second wave of infections fuelled by people arriving from overseas. After two months living with draconian curbs on daily life, residents will be allowed to leave Hubei from midnight tonight if healthy, while Wuhan city - the initial epicentre of the outbreak - will end restrictions from 8 April.

The province ordered the shutdown in January but has been gradually easing the rules and permitting people to move about within Hubei and return to work.

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