China: Thousands attend Wuhan music festival as COVID-19 wreaks havoc across the world

Hundreds of thousands of music lovers swayed to beats of upbeat music in Wuhan as Chinese city hosted its annual music festival. Amidst warm environmental conditions, scores of people jumped and screamed as y attended Wuhan Strawberry Music Festival, marking first day of ir May Day holiday. music fest me a comeback to its physical form this year after being shifted to digital platforms amidst coronavirus contagion in 2020.

Photos and videos that me ir way to social media show zealous Chinese residents grooving and swaying to beats in clustered space. While many were seen donning a mask or face covering, a majority of m were seen flouting protective measures. However, city ministration took specific measures and me special enclosures near stage, allowing a specific number in each of m.

Located in China’s norastern province of Hubei, Wuhan was first city in world to face a lockdown after initial discovery of coronavirus. However, with stringent measures and mandatory testing, city was able to quash contagion. Last month, Wuhan announced itself to be COVID-19 free after it discharged its last virus patient.

'COVID-19 originated in Wuhan'

Meanwhile, WHO experts probing COVID origins stated that Wuhan wet market is still most likely hyposis for origin of COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at a press conference in Wuhan, Dr. Peter Daszak, president of NGO EcoHealth Alliance and one of experts stressed that team identified a ‘viable conduit’ between wet market and region where closest relatives of coronavirus were found. thirteen-member team has earlier confirmed that virus was not artificially created in a report that dismissed western claim that Chinese government deliberately spre pandemic.  

Meanwhile, scientists also confirmed that y did not find any evidence which said that coronavirus was leaked from one of three virology labs in Wuhan. scientists clarified that y were given full access to labs where y, after proper analysis, found no evidence of pandemic being created by an accidental lab accident. 

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