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Thousands gather in China's Wuhan to celebrate New Year amidst covid wave
01/01/2023 03:03 PM | Click to read full article
Amid China's Covid wave, thousands of people gathered in Wuhan to celebrate the New Year after the authorities rolled back its stringent "zero-Covid" policy. Civilians released balloons into the sky when the clock struck 12, as per the tradition in Wuhan. "In the past year, I feel that COVID-19 was very serious and some of my family members have been hospitalised, I hope they will be healthy in the new year, " 17-year-old Wuhan high school student said.