We are not afraid, say Wuhan folk

Hope and prayer: People lighting incense sticks at the Guiyuan Buddhist temple in Wuhan, on the first day of Chinese New Year. — AFP

RESIDENTS of China’s Wuhan said they were hopeful for the future and no longer afraid of Covid-19, three years after the city was locked down over what was then a mysterious virus.

Since Beijing ordered Wuhan sealed off in a bid to suffocate the outbreak in January 2020, Covid has devastated the planet, killing millions and plunging the global economy into turmoil.