WASHINGTON, April 8 — China lifted a travel ban yesterday on residents of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic began last year, and reported no new deaths, but the situation remained grim elsewhere as Britain and New York State recorded their highest number of fatalities yet. British Prime...
A worker in a protective suit collects a swab from a construction worker in Wuhan, Hubei province, China April 7, 2020. — China Daily pic via Reuters
The shocking hospitalisation of a major world leader underscored the global reach of Covid-19, which has put more than four billion people — over half of the planet — on some form of lockdown, upended societies and battered economies worldwide. "Now that the lockdown has been lifted, I think we're all pretty happy," said Yao, who was heading back to his restaurant job in Shanghai.The National Health Commission said yesterday that no new deaths had been logged in the preceding 24 hours, the first fatality-free day since China began publishing figures in January.
Eduardo Fernandez, a 39-year-old nurse at Madrid's Infanta Sofia Hospital, said there had been fewer admissions in recent days.“I don't know if my colleagues who are in the eye of the storm are able to see because the work pressure is very high.”
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