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2020.02.23 17:40 GMT+8

Graphics: How are ordinary people coping in coronavirus-hit Wuhan?

Updated 2020.02.23 17:40 GMT+8
CGTN

Graphics: How are ordinary people coping in coronavirus-hit Wuhan?

"It really changed a lot," Wu Wenjun, a 27-year-old medical worker in Wuhan, told CGTN about her life since the lockdown of the megacity, which is home to over 11 million people and also the epicenter of the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Wu rides her electric bike to work because there is no public transportation. "The first thing I do when I wake up every morning is to check the weather report," said Wu, adding that she is getting used to carrying two napkins in case she needs to use the elevator or other public facilities.

Wu's life, along with that of millions of others in Wuhan, the capital city of central China's Hubei Province, has seen great changes since the city suspended buses, subways, ferries, flights and trains for outgoing passengers on February 23 to halt the coronavirus spread which so far has sickened over 76,000 people and killed at least 2,300.

Losing the hustle and bustle of the past, Wuhan's mayor said about nine million people were in the city after the lockdown. For the ones who stayed, what are their main concerns, and what has changed?

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Graphics: How are ordinary people coping in coronavirus-hit Wuhan?

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