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According to tradition, hundreds gathered in front of the old Hankow Customs building, one of the most popular places in the city for New Year’s Eve. When the building’s old clock struck midnight, many people threw balloons into the air, cheered and shouted “happy new year.”
“I am so incredibly happy,” said Yang Wenxuan, a 20-year-old student and tourist. “This is my first time in Wuhan. But (the countdown) was so spectacular.”
“I hope I can successfully get my bachelor’s degree and I hope I can find a boyfriend,” Yang added.
The festivities came 12 months after the World Health Organization (WHO) said it first received the news of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, which later became known as the first global outbreak of Covid-19.
A team of WHO experts is scheduled to arrive in China in January 2021 to investigate the origins of the pandemic.
Wuhan has been largely virus-free for months, and in recent days it has been vaccinating some specific groups of the local population. But a recent small increase in cases in several Chinese cities, including Beijing, has reminded people in Wuhan that the pandemic is not over yet.
“I hope that in 2021 everything goes well in the country and Wuhan can return to normal and I hope that the world can soon defeat the pandemic,” said Anson Yang, a Wuhan resident.
The 25-year-old, who works in the international trade sector, said his profits took a heavy hit in 2020 and he knows of many companies in Wuhan that have yet to return to normal business levels.
Several students longed for the end of the pandemic so that they could continue their studies in person. However, a college student drew some positive lessons from fighting the pandemic.
“If we look at the measures that people took, the things that people did as part of controlling the epidemic and things like that, a human or friendly touch, something that we would not normally see, it was felt by everyone,” said the young man. 21 years old. Chen Mengfan.
