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One year after the quarantine I witnessed, as of January 23, 2020, the scene has changed in the Chinese city of Wuhan where the Corona virus originated from and it is no longer a ghost town.
Life has returned to the city’s discos and nightclubs. Its eleven million inhabitants, especially young people, have regained their lost freedom, while curfew measures prevail in most of the world’s cities.
And those who wish to enter the huge “Super Monkey” nightclub in the city center do not need to be on the VIP list.
You are not required to wear a specific style of clothing, but wearing a muzzle is still required.
The security guards at the entrance control the body temperature of the customers, so they do not accept anyone whose temperature appears on the screen is above 37.3ºC.
Inside the club, techno music plays and light effects dance, while smoke machines regularly blow their smoke out.
In this fiery atmosphere, the many pioneers, most of whom are in their twenties, rushed to the ring, where they danced with enthusiasm, and among them were young women wearing bunny-shaped headbands to cover their ears.
As for others, they are satisfied with the role of spectators, the important thing is to find themselves after a harsh quarantine that they committed a year ago, when what at that time was a mysterious virus appeared.
“I was quarantined for two or three months … China is dealing very well with the epidemic and we can come out in peace,” says Xu, “at this point.
Chen Qiang, a young man in his twenties, expresses his happiness that China has practically managed to control the epidemic on its soil, despite its localized outbreak in recent days.
“The Chinese government is good and does everything for the good of its people,” Chen said. It is different from foreign countries. “
The Chinese media widely highlight the tragedies caused by the epidemic in Western countries that contradict the return to normalcy in China itself.
The media see this as evidence of the superiority of the Chinese model.
Chen Qiang admits that the epidemic has brought some changes.
He notes, for example, that “the number of people in nightclubs is less than before the pandemic,” indicating that people in general “go out less and spend less.”
One of the reasons for this decline is the strict health regulations applied by some cabarets, since they receive a limited number of clients, require a reservation in advance and only receive those who prove their good health by highlighting the green symbol. in the tracking app. However, all these conditions may sometimes not be enough to enter.
Wuhan was cut off from the world for 76 days between January and April last year.
After an intense campaign of checks in the spring, life gradually returns to normal.
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