---
title: "China Is Lifting Lockdown on Coronavirus Epicenter City of Wuhan"
description: "Chinese authorities have announced they will be lifting the lockdown on Wuhan, epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, on April 8."
date: "2020-03-24"
modified: "2020-03-24"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/china-lifting-lockdown-coronavirus-epicenter-wuhan"
categories:
  - "Developments"
  - "Health & Medicine"
  - "Medical"
  - "Pathogens"
  - "Viruses"
tags:
  - "china"
  - "coronavirus"
  - "covid-19"
  - "virus"
---

# China Is Lifting Lockdown on Coronavirus Epicenter City of Wuhan

![Chinese authorities have announced they will be lifting the lockdown on Wuhan, epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, on April 8.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/china-lifting-lockdown-coronavirus-epicenter-wuhan-3.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

Chinese authorities have announced they will be lifting the lockdown on Wuhan, the Chinese city that was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, on April 8, [according to *CNN*](<https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/asia/coronavirus-wuhan-lockdown-lifted-intl-hnk/index.html>).

China [suspended](<https://futurism.com/neoscope/timeline-china-viral-outbreak-spread-worldwide>) all travel in and out of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, on January 22, just over two months ago. At the time, there were only 600 confirmed cases worldwide, 444 of which were in Wuhan itself.

Cities in the surrounding area will lift similar lockdown measures as soon as Wednesday, according to [an announcement](<https://www.weibo.com/2607972104/IA4LptWO5>) posted on Chinese social media platform Weibo.

Wuhan has experienced zero new cases for the last five days, down from thousands a day during the outbreak's peak in the city last month.

Hubei province has accounted for the majority of cases and deaths in the country, as *CNN* points out.

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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