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Jan 23 4 tweets 3 min read
'Not afraid of the virus': Wuhan turns page on Covid, three years on.

As China celebrates Lunar New Year this week, Wuhan is unrecognisable compared to the apocalyptic scenes that gripped the city of 11 million in early 2020

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Past and present.

Combination of @AFP photographer Hector Retamal's images from Wuhan - from January 2020 and January 2023.

Since Beijing ordered Wuhan sealed off in a bid to suffocate the outbreak in January 2020, Covid has devastated the planet, killing millions
VIDEO: Outside Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, once suspected of being the epicentre of the outbreaks, that has been closed since January 2020.

More than three years after the discovery of the first cases of the coronavirus, the origin of the pandemic remains enigmatic
VIDEO: 🇨🇳 'Not afraid of the virus': #Wuhan turns page on Covid, three years on

Residents of the central Chinese city say they are hopeful for the future and no longer afraid of Covid-19, three years after it was locked down over what was then a mysterious virus

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