China's Hubei province to remove travel bans from March 25

Migrant workers and their relatives queue as they prepare to get on a special train before departing to Shenzhen, in Yichang in China's central Hubei province on March 23, 2020. - People in central China where the coronavirus was first detected are allowed to go back to work and public transport is restarting, as some normality slowly returns after a two-month lockdown. - AFP

BEIJING (Agencies): The Health Commission for China's Hubei province said on Tuesday (March 24) it will remove all travel restrictions in and out of the province on March 25, with the exception of the city of Wuhan, the provincial capital and the epicentre of the country's coronavirus outbreak.

Travel restrictions for leaving Wuhan will be lifted on April 8, and people will be able to leave on the basis of using a health code, the commission said. The city has been under lockdown since Jan 23.