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The first city in [/news/china/index.html China] to go into lockdown in the wake of the [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus] outbreak will resume work and social activities within days, officials have announced.
Life is expected to go back to normal soon in Qianjiang, which has been sealed off from the outside world for nearly two months.
Qianjiang is a city of around 900,000 people in central Hubei Province.

It is situated some 186 kilometres (115 miles) west of Wuhan, which emerged as the centre of the epidemic in January.
Life is expected to go back to normal soon in Qianjiang, which has been sealed off from the outside world for nearly two months.

The city is the first to go into coronavirus lockdown in China. The picture shows a Wuhan resident protecting herself as she shops on February 12
The Qianjiang government imposed draconian lockdown measures on January 17 to stop the spread of the virus, reported China's state broadcaster CCTV.

Wuhan was isolated six days later. The picture shows a man riding a bicycle on an empty street in Wuhan on February 8
Qianjiang is a city of around 900,000 people in central Hubei Province.

It is situated some 186 kilometres (115 miles) west of Wuhan, which emerged as the centre of the epidemic in January
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The local government imposed draconian lockdown [ Wuhan was isolated six days later and the majority of Hubei followed suit.
In a meeting today, Qianjiang's officials decided to fully restore production lines and social activities in the city in the next few days.
All traffic blockades and checkpoints are also set to be removed, according to a <a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website announcement[ ].  
The news came as Chinese President Xi Jinping today visited Wuhan for the first time since the epidemic started there - a major sign that Beijing believes the outbreak is under control.
Xi is pictured addressing officials working in the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan today
China state newspaper has urged its people to strive towards the 'victory of a people's war' against the epidemic.

People's Daily wrote: '[We] should enhance the party's leadership comprehensively and work around the people to boost the people's power for seizing the victory of the people's war in controlling the epidemic.'
The timing of Xi's visit indicates that China is ready to declare victory over the health crisis, which has killed at least 3,136 people in the nation and 4,285 worldwide, according to experts.
The news also came after Wuhan authorities had closed all of the city's 14 makeshift 'fang cang' hospitals - temporary facilities specialising in treating coronavirus patients with minor symptoms.
China's unprecedented quarantine measures that have sealed off Wuhan and the rest of Hubei since late January appear to have paid off, with new infections dropping dramatically in recent weeks.
China's progress stands in stark contrast with the growing global crisis, with cases now growing at a faster pace abroad, and Italy enacting its nationwide lockdown.
More than 100 countries are now fighting the contagion, which has infected over 117,200 people globally.
Wuhan and the rest of Hubei have been on lockdown since late January in a bid to curb the epidemic.

Wuhan streets were still largely deserted on March 10 when Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived for tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn his first visit to the city at the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic
An expert claimed that the timing of Xi's trip to Wuhan indicated an 'interim victory' for China in its fight against the new coronavirus, which has now killed at least 4,060 around the world.

Mask-clad passengers alight from their train at the railway station in Wuhan on March 10
With 56 million locked down in Hubei, authorities are now considering the possibility of lifting travel restrictions in low-risk areas to prepare for resuming work and manufacturing.

The picture shows a group of people wearing face masks walk along a street in Beijing on March 10 
Passengers wearing face masks wait for their train at a railway station in Changsha today
A passenger has his temperature checked at Changsha railway station in Changsha today
A video released by China's state broadcaster CCTV shows Xi, who arrived by plane in Hubei's capital, wearing a mask as he spoke via video-link to front-line medical workers and patients in Huoshenshan or Fire God Mountain Hospital.
Another clip shows the locals waiving at Xi from their balconies and a mask-donning Xi greeting them back while walking in Wuhan's Donghu New City community.
The virus is believed to have emerged in December at a market that sold wild animals in Wuhan before ballooning into a national and then a global epidemic.
More than 4,280 people have died and kynghidongduong.vn over 117,200 have been infected worldwide, with the majority in China.
But China reported only 17 new cases in Wuhan on Tuesday, the lowest figure since it started publishing data on January 21, and two elsewhere that were imported from abroad.
With around 56 million people on lockdown in Hubei, authorities are now considering the possibility of lifting travel restrictions in low-risk areas to prepare for resuming work and manufacturing, state media reported on Tuesday.
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox news" data-version="2" id="mol-d7285ea0-62f8-11ea-b552-73a373928a67" website Chinese city to go into lockdown to get back to normal