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Large crowds took to the streets at midnight on Friday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, celebrating the arrival of 2021 after a year marred by a deadly pandemic that killed thousands there and required the city to be locked down between the end of January and early April.
By Martin Quin Pollard WUHAN, China (Reuters) - Large crowds took to the streets at midnight on Friday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, celebrating the arrival of 2021 after a year marred by a deadly pandemic that killed thousands there and required the city to be locked down between the end of January and early April. As per tradition, hundreds gathered in front of the old Hankow Customs House building, one of the cityâs more popular New Yearâs Eve spots. When the buildingâs old clock reached midnight many people released balloons into the air, cheered and called out ...
New year brings cheer and festivities to coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan By Wuhan was the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak Wuhan was under lockdown same time last year Wuhan has been largely virus free for months WUHAN: A year after it became the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, large crowds took to the streets in the Chinese city of Wuhan in the Hubei province to celebrate the arrival of a new year. Last year, the city was under a strictest lockdown between January and April, marred by a deadly pandemic that has killed over million across the globe.