WUHAN, Jan 22 — Three years after a once-mysterious virus plunged the Chinese city of Wuhan into a terrifying lockdown, residents are celebrating the arrival of the Year of the...
WUHAN, Jan 22 — Three years after a once-mysterious virus plunged the Chinese city of Wuhan into a terrifying lockdown, residents are celebrating the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit with fireworks, flowers and offerings to the loved ones they have lost to Covid-19.
He explained that the New Year’s custom in Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital, is to visit the homes of people who recently died to give flowers and burn incense as an offering. The Beijing government lifted its stringent zero-Covid policy in December, but a surge in infections has since ripped through the country, killing thousands.
Deprived of New Year’s Eve festivities, its 11 million inhabitants were cut off from the world for 76 days while Wuhan became the epicentre of an epidemic that inexorably became global.Yesterday, a few hours before the arrival of the New Year, the city was seemingly back to normal and gearing up for the festival that is the most important family gathering of the year.
“Of course, it’s way better after opening up,” one woman, who gave her last name Zhu, told AFP as she bought decorative flowers.
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