
A man stands on the terrace of a building at a residential compound in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Hubei province, China. The city reported five new cases on Friday, the second day in a row the tally has been less than 10. (Reuters)
China on Thursday had said that the epidemic had passed its peak. In this picture, a child plays next to adults sitting on the roof terrace of a building at a residential compound in Wuhan. (Reuters)
At a residential compound in Wuhan, a man looks out of the window while eating noodles. To date, the total accumulated number of cases of coronavirus in mainland China is 80,813. (Reuters)
The coronavirus has killed more than 3,000 people in mainland China. (Reuters)
In this picture, a woman looks at her mobile phone as she sits on a balcony near a man standing by a window at a residential compound in Wuhan. The death toll in mainland China reached 3,176 as of the end of Thursday, up by seven from the previous day. (Reuters)
Wuhan has seen some restrictions relaxed this week and the nearby city of Huanggang, which also had numerous coronavirus cases, on Friday begun relaxing its lockdown, saying that residents could start travelling within the city. (Reuters)
As the tough counter-epidemic measures start to pay off, local governments have been ordered to revive their economies, especially those in areas that have not had to deal with extensive virus outbreaks. (Reuters)