5 hr 11 min ago
Wuhan officials revoke earlier announcement on easing travel restrictions
From CNN’s Shanshan Wang in Beijing and Yong Xiong in Shanghai
Wan officials have walked back an announcement from earlier today, which claimed travel restrictions were easing in the Chinese city where the outbreak began.
The earlier announcement has been ruled “invalid,” according to
a post on social platform Weibo by the city’s government.
The initial announcement was “issued by the traffic prevention and control team in a circumstance that was not discussed with the command office and was not agreed by major leadership,” said the Weibo post.
It added that the city is “resolutely” implementing the instructions by Chinese President Xi Jinping to prevent the virus spreading further, and that the “relevant personnel” had been “criticized."
Some context: Wuhan has been under lockdown for over a month now, with no movement in or out. Earlier, the now-invalid announcement had suggested some healthy citizens would gradually be allowed to exit and Wuhan residents elsewhere in China could apply to return.
8 hr 27 min ago
After a month on lockdown, Wuhan allows some healthy residents leave the city
A group of people leave a hospital in Wuhan on Saturday after recovering from coronavirus. STR/AFP/Getty Images
Some healthy residents will gradually be allowed to leave the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak began, officials said.
Those who are stranded in Wuhan, which has been under strict lockdown since January 23, will be able to leave if they have no symptoms of fever, cough, or asthma, according to a statement from the municipal government. However, they will need to exit at different times, and undertake 14 days of health monitoring and report to local health authorities once they arrive at their destination.
Those under quarantine must remain.
Wuhan residents stranded in other parts of the country may also enter the city after filing an application to the epidemic control department.
The new policies will be implemented immediately.