![]() ![]() If the stream of visitors to auto dealerships in Wuhan is any guide, the recovery of the car business in China and perhaps the world could be rapid. In Zhejiang, companies were encouraged to give employees an extra half day of paid leave once a week in the hope they’ll use the free time to shop and spend. Domestic media played up stories of officials venturing out to enjoy local delights such as bubble tea, hot pot and pork buns. In a bid to jump start consumption, authorities in some places distributed vouchers, asking companies to give people paid time off and offering subsidies on larger purchases such as cars. Some apartment blocks will require residents to prove they are leaving the premises to return to work before they are allowed out. With Wuhan’s economy crushed by the virus, the government’s priority is on getting people back to work, and those returning to their jobs will see greater freedom of movement. A web of complex restrictions and fear of a resurgence in infections means many can’t – or won’t dare to – go anywhere. Cars queued at toll booths to get onto the highways out of town.īut the lockdown’s end doesn’t mean Wuhan has returned to normal. ![]() Flights are resuming from the city’s international airport, which handled 24 million passengers a year before the outbreak. Thousands of people booked train tickets out of Wuhan last week, according to the Chinese state television. Memories are still vivid of how rapidly the virus overwhelmed the city two months ago, crippling its hospitals with desperate patients who could not get tested. State-owned enterprises, construction operators and other labour-intensive businesses have also set up on-site testing centres run by private companies, including UniMedLab, a gene-testing institution.Īs companies were allowed to resume work, they were caught between pressure from the government to kick-start activity and the risk of resurgence of the disease. “We are not resuming work until we receive the negative results of all workers,” said Ke Jianjun, a company official helping to oversee the exercise as workers in protective suits took samples from dozens of employees under a makeshift tent. On Thursday alone, an estimated 6,000 tests were conducted at the company. The tests were being conducted by a private medical organisation with the fees covered by Kone. Workers at Kone Elevators Co were queuing in front of their office building in Wuhan’s eastern district to take tests to determine if they have Covid-19 or antibodies that fight the disease. The challenge: widespread fear among citizens of a second wave of infections. ![]() While people are rushing out of the city after the 76-day lockdown, with resumption of trains, flights and buses, the Chinese government is trying to get shoppers out and about to boost the economy. Wuhan’s reopening, starting April 8, is being watched by other countries for lessons on how resumption of normal life after a lockdown is possible. Companies in Wuhan are asking employees to draw blood or have their throats swabbed before returning to work, reflecting the high level of anxiety that remains in the Chinese city – the place where the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) originated – as it emerges from a months-long lockdown. ![]()
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