As the rest of the world continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, Wuhan, the Chinese city where the first case was discovered has gone six days without recording a new case.
This comes after China continues to report a drop in new coronavirus infections as the government clamped down on immigration thereby reducing the number of imported cases.
The city of Wuhan, at the centre of the outbreak, reported no new cases for a sixth day, as businesses reopened and residents set about reclaiming a more normal life after lockdown for almost two months.
“The Wuhan International Plaza is very representative of the city.
“So its reopening really makes me feel this city is coming back to life,’’ said Zhang Yu, 29, PUNCH reports.
The government is pushing businesses and factories to reopen, as it rolls out fiscal and monetary stimulus to spur recovery from what is feared to be an outright economic contraction in the quarter to March.
“China’s exports and imports could worsen as the pandemic spreads, depressing demand both at home and abroad,’’ Xin Guobin, the Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology, said.
Xin said that the country has extended loans of 200 billion yuan ($28 billion) to 5,000 businesses, from 300 billion allocated to help companies as they resume work.
