The photographs showed a pool full of other people and air chambers, leaving little area between them. No one to practice social estrangement, as tight-knit crowds stood in the water waist up to the waist to pay attention to a DJ and watch a guy in a jet of water float over the pool in a pyrotechnic show.
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Saturday’s scene contrasts sharply with the city’s appearance before this year, when the approximately 11 million Wuhan citizens were far removed from the rest of the world when the coronavirus began to disappear in January. Throughout a 76-day blockade, all public shipments in the city were closed, all flights, trains and buses were cancelled, and highway entrances were blocked. People could not leave their net without permission, even to buy food at the supermarket.
In good faith, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan in March and, in April, the lockout measures that extended to Hubei Province, of which Wuhan is the capital, were lifted. By that time, the coronavirus had already devastated Italy and spread throughout Europe, as well as the United States.
According to the Chinese government, there have been no new cases of national transmission in Hubei province since mid-May. Although Western powers have questioned the accuracy of Chinese figures on the true effect of the virus.
More than 68,000, or about 80%, of the approximately 84,000 cases shown in China have been reported in Hubei Province. At least 4512 other people died in Hubei Province, about 97% of all deaths documented through authoritarian rule in mainland China.
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Despite its opening in June, Wuhan Maya Beach water park did not attract many visitors amid the floods and heavy rains in Hubei Province. The park will offer half-price tickets to revelers to attract visitors and generate revenue. More than 400 tourist attractions in Hubei province will offer free entry.