Travelers Gather at Wuhan's Hankou Railway Station as Restrictions on Leaving City Lift

Travelers began to fill Wuhan’s Hankou Railway Station on April 8 as restrictions to exit the former epicenter of COVID-19 were lifted.

People – all wearing face masks – can be seen waiting in the station’s lobby in this footage.

Wuhan’s lockdown was enacted on January 23, preventing all inbound and outbound travel by road, rail, and ferry as a measure to contain the spread of COVID-19. The travel restrictions were lifted on April 8, Xinhua reported, and the first train to make a stop at the city – picking up 442 passengers – was en route to China’s southern city of Guangzhou. Credit: Anonymous via Storyful