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Pride and caution in Wuhan on Covid-19 lockdown anniversary

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Wuhan passed the anniversary on Saturday with a mix of pride at emerging from Covid-19's grip and caution over a possible relapse.A year ago Wuhan shocked the world by confining its 11 million anxious citizens to their homes, beginning a traumatic 76-day lockdown that underscored the growing threat of a mysterious pathogen emanating from the city.At 10 am that day, public transport was shut down and exiting the city was banned without special permission.

An eery silence descended.One by one, adjacent areas in hard-hit Hubei province quickly followed suit, as did governments worldwide as the coronavirus went global.But while the world's pandemic struggles continue, Wuhan today is nothing like the locked-down ghost town of a year ago, with.

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