China: Crowds greeted the New Year in Wuhan, birthplace of coronavirus | the Chronicle

A crowd gathered in the streets of the Chinese city of Wuhan, from where the coronavirus has spread, in festive scenes for the arrival of the new year which they were captured by several videos that have toured the world via social networks.

This city, where the original strain of Covid-19 was discovered, it managed to eradicate the disease completely, allowing its residents to celebrate the New Year with thousands on the streets, countdown, toast, lights and thousands of balloons flying in the air.

The only difference from the celebrations of other years was that they all wore masks.

And on the web, in the rest of the world, where there are many people locked in their homes to avoid epidemics, the videos of the celebrations were received with astonishment, the Ansa news agency commented.

Among the reactions, the report notes, There was applause for the ability to respond to the virus and also comments on the irony of seeing crowds gathered in some parts of the globe and in others only lockdowns or restrictions.