Hubei eases restrictions, prepares for resumption of normal activities 

Hubei epidemic prevention and control authority on Thursday said the province will recognize the "health code" of other provinces in a bid to facilitate the resumption of production and work in the province.

According to a notice issued by the authority on Thursday, people who possess "health code" issued by other provinces no longer need to provide additional health statements and paperwork to get through checkpoints or into the community.

It also allows the return of people from outside Hubei to access the province after applying for a local "health code."

Thursday's decision came as the situation gradually cools down in the epicenter, where recorded zero new cases on Thursday.

Hubei authority introduced the "health code" mobile-phone-based monitoring system last week to start allowing people to travel within the province, which has been isolated for nearly two months with its public transports halted and human mobility restricted.

On the same day, authority in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province also eased measures to allow residents in zero-infection communities to go out of their apartments and conduct personal activities inside the community, but separately in time and buildings.

And village without infection cases could orderly resume people's living and agricultural productions, Wuhan authority added.