![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/site-of-covid-outbreak-wuhan-plunged-into-lockdown-three-years-after-first-case/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1_Daily-Life-In-Wuhan-Before-Lifting-Lockdown.jpg&description=Wuhan in China - which was the site of the world's first Covid-19 outbreak in late 2019 - has reported around 20 to 25 new infections a day this weekChina's railway police in PPE while on duty in Wuhan in April 2020The city that recorded the first ever cases of Covid has been plunged back into lockdown three years after it became the epicentre of the virus. Wuhan, site of the world's first Covid-19 outbreak in late 2019, reported around 20 to 25 new infections a day this week, prompting local authorities to order more than 800,000 people in one district to stay at home until Sunday. "I don't know what to do. If we can still survive living like this then I suppose that's what we'll do," said a Wuhan resident surnamed Chang, 38. "When we see these news stories about Covid, we now feel a bit numb. We feel numb to it all. We feel more and more numb." Wuhan also suspended the sale of pork in parts of the city, according to images and posts on social media, after one Covid case was found that authorities said was linked to the local pork supply chain. Chinese cities from Wuhan to Xining in the northwest are doubling down on Covid-19 curbs, sealing up buildings, locking down districts and throwing millions into distress in a scramble to halt widening outbreaks. Heathrow warns passenger limits could return over peak Christmas period Cities across China are following suit ( VIA REUTERS) China on Thursday reported a third straight day of more than 1,000 new Covid cases nationwide, a modest tally compared with the tens of thousands per day that sent Shanghai into a full-blown lockdown earlier this year but enough to trigger more curbs and restrictions across the country. China's coronavirus case load has remained small by global standards, but its ultra-strict and disruptive containment measures this year against the highly transmissible Omicron variant have weighed heavily on the world's second-largest economy. Guangzhou, China's fourth-biggest city by economic output and the){kind=link}
Wuhan in China – which was the site of the world’s first Covid-19 outbreak in late 2019 – has reported around 20 to 25 new infections a day this week
The city that recorded the first ever cases of Covid has been plunged back into lockdown three years after it became the epicentre of the virus.
Wuhan, site of the world’s first Covid-19 outbreak in late 2019, reported around 20 to 25 new infections a day this week, prompting local authorities to order more than 800,000 people in one district to stay at home until Sunday.
“I don’t know what to do. If we can still survive living like this then I suppose that’s what we’ll do,” said a Wuhan resident surnamed Chang, 38.
“When we see these news stories about Covid, we now feel a bit numb. We feel numb to it all. We feel more and more numb.”