Wuhan at 2 a.m. announced the world’s first coronavirus lockdown, bringing the bustling central Chinese industrial and transport centre to a virtual standstill almost overnight.
It would last 76 days.Early Saturday morning, however, residents of the city where the virus was first detected were jogging and practicing tai chi in a fog-shrouded park beside the mighty Yangtze River.
Coronavirus vaccine tracker: How many Canadians are vaccinated against COVID-19? Life has largely returned to normal in the city of 11 million, even as the rest of the world grapples with the spread of the virus’ more contagious variants.
Efforts to vaccinate people for COVID-19 have been frustrated by disarray and limited supplies in some places. The scourge has.