'This is bliss': Chinese barber has clients queuing up as Wuhan eases lockdown


  • World
  • Monday, 30 Mar 2020

Barber Xiong Juan, 39, cuts a customer's hair at a residential compound in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

WUHAN, China (Reuters) - For barber Xiong Juan, a recent easing of restrictions in the city of Wuhan, epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak, means she is now busier than ever.

Xiong, 39, now spends her days riding around on her electric bicycle and offering her services to local residents who like her were stuck at home after authorities ordered a lockdown in the city of 11 million people in early January.

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