China relaxes Wuhan's virus quarantine measures

People who have recovered from the Covid-19 infection leaving a hospital by bus in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Chinese authorities on Feb 24 slightly relaxed their month-long quarantine measures in Wuhan, allowing some people to leave the epicentre of the country's virus epidemic under certain conditions. - AFP

BEIJING (AFP): Chinese authorities on Monday (Feb 24) slightly relaxed their month-long quarantine measures in Wuhan, allowing some people to leave the epicentre of the country's virus epidemic under certain conditions.

The city of 11 million has been under lockdown since Jan 23 after authorities shut down transport links into and out of the city in an effort to contain the new coronavirus outbreak.