BEIJING/WUHAN — Some people in China's key cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan braved the cold and a spike in Covid-19 infections to return to regular activity on Monday (Jan 2), confident of a boost to the economy as more recover from infections. Among those who gathered to sled or ice skate on a frozen lake in the capital's Shichahai...
People wait with their luggages at a railway station, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on Jan 1, 2023.BEIJING/WUHAN — Some people in China's key cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan braved the cold and a spike in Covid-19 infections to return to regular activity on Monday , confident of a boost to the economy as more recover from infections.
"After the end of this lockdown we don't have to scan the health code any more nor do we have to check the travel code. So we are free now." "Work production, life and entertainment are all getting back to normal levels," a man surnamed Wu told Reuters by the riverside in the central city of Wuhan, where the pandemic began three years ago.
Some hotels in the tourist attraction of Sanya on the southern island of Hainan are already fully booked for Lunar New Year, media have said.
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