COVID-19: China eases travel restrictions after two months of lockdown

As number of coronavirus cases in China is going down, life is slowly returning to rmal in disease-hit country. According to reports, workers are grually returning to ir jobs and Hubei residents who were stranded in or parts of country are going home after travel restrictions were eased for first time in two months. China's health commission on March 12 said that peak in coronavirus epidemic in country has passed and authorities have allowed some industries to resume production in two cities of Hubei province. 

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As per reports, schools, colleges, and public s are starting to reopen in various parts of country and re is at last relief for medical workers after a hectic three-months of hard work. Chinese state media reported that 12,028 quarantine stations that were set-up on highways have been removed and ros have been reopened for inter-provincial travel.

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Coronavirus outbreak

China is most affected country in world as it is believed that virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. As per reports, re are 10,732 active coronavirus cases in China, of which 3,226 patients are under critical condition. At least 3,199 people have died in country since December 2019, of which 10 deaths came in last 24 hours. China has successfully treated over 66,000 patients since virus first broke out three months ago. 

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According to data acquired by worldometer, more than 5,800 people have lost ir lives across world, while virus has infected over 1,56,000 people globally. Italy, Iran, South Korea, and Spain are most affected countries outside China, where a combined death toll stands at 2,323 as of March 15. United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) h earlier said that a vaccine to fight coronavirus could take at least one year to develop. 

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