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China to lift travel curbs on Hubei province, including Wuhan

BEIJING — China's central Hubei province, where the deadly coronavirus first emerged late last year, is to lift travel curbs after two months under lockdown, local officials said Tuesday (March 24).

Medical workers from outside Wuhan arrive to a platform at the Wuhan Railway Station before leaving the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak, in Hubei province, China March 17, 2020.

Medical workers from outside Wuhan arrive to a platform at the Wuhan Railway Station before leaving the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak, in Hubei province, China March 17, 2020.

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BEIJING — China's central Hubei province, where the deadly coronavirus first emerged late last year, is to lift travel curbs after two months under lockdown, local officials said Tuesday (March 24).

Healthy residents will be allowed to leave the province from midnight Tuesday, while Wuhan, the initial epicentre of the outbreak, will lift restrictions from April 8. AFP

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