At midnight the night of Wednesday, citizens in Wuhan allowed to leave home for the first time in 77 days.

the Citizens of Wuhan have taken out in the city after more than two months of shutdown.

At midnight the night of Wednesday local time, the chinese are therefore, been reopened, and thousands stood ready to take the first train out of town.

Authorities estimate the 55.000 citizens take a train out of the city on the first day.

– I have been locked in 77 days! I have been locked in 77 days!, shouted a man at the train station, where he was he was on his way to his hometown of Hunan.

Since 23. January Wuhan, where coronavirusset has its original epicentre, has been closed down, and people have more or less been isolated in their home.

Wuhan was the first area in the world, which introduced strict restrictions to limit the spread of coronavirusset.

the Restrictions were later extended to the whole Hubei province, where the megapolis of Wuhan is located.

two weeks ago began the chinese authorities to relax the rules, and many people left their homes for the first time in two months.

on Tuesday could the chinese authorities for the first time since the January report on one day with no new deaths related to the coronavirus. In total, 3212 died in Hubei province.

However, several times been questioned by the chinese authorities ‘ method to determine the deaths and new smittetilfælde on.

Even though the freedom of movement in Wuhan now is larger, and the city has opened to the traffic in and out of the city, everyday life is still limited by the rules.

Citizens in Wuhan must continue to protect themselves against infection. They must also be able to demonstrate that they are not sick.

It requires a green light in a personal sundhedsapp, as citizens have on their phone. The app provides information about the citizens ‘ health status.

the Schools are still closed and people are asked to travel as little as possible.

It prevented the not, however, inhabitants in to cheer on the first day of freedom, when a voice on the plant at the train station encouraged travelers to say that the people of Wuhan deserve to be called heroes.

Since the virus made its first appearance in Wuhan at the end of last year, it has spread to virtually the whole world.

Globally the number of deaths related to coronaviruses exceeded the 70,000, while over 1.3 million people registered as infected with hiv. Researchers and authorities thought that the number of infected is much higher.

/ritzau/AFP