People wearing face masks are seen behind barricades at a market following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei province, China June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Xihao Jiang
WUHAN, China/BEIJING (Reuters) - Six months after the World Health Organization learned of "viral pneumonia" cases that would become the COVID-19 pandemic, life in Wuhan, the city where it emerged, is returning to normal, although masks remain ubiquitous and emotional scars linger.
A city of 11 million, Wuhan was locked down for two months starting in late January in a draconian measure that helped stamp out the virus at its initial epicentre. Hubei province and its capital city Wuhan accounted for most of China's 83,531 new coronavirus cases and 4,634 deaths.
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