Hubei city reopens for business after COVID19, closes 30 minutes later

March 12, 2020 15:54

The Chinese city of Hubei, close to the epicenter of the novel coronavirus had lifted production limits and restriction on the movement of people for the first time after the outbreak but had to implement a complete lockdown just 30 minutes after it opened, reported South China Morning Post.

At 8:30 am on Wednesday (Local time), the government said that all restrictions on the movement of people and traffic would be lifted at 10 am.

The government again clamped down the movement at 10:30 am (local time).

"The city will continue its restrictions on the movement of traffic and residents," the government said, without explaining further.

Later in the day, the Hubei government issued a statement outlining the different restrictions that applied to each city within the province based on their particular situation of the Covid-19.It also said that only a handful of businesses in key sectors were permitted to resume their operations.

The statement also imposed a harsh lockdown in the city of Qianjiang, despite having the lowest number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 of any city in Hubei. -- ANI

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