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Wuhan (China), 20/01/2025.- People walk in front of closed and fenced Huanan Seafood Trade Market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, 20 January 2025 (issued 22 January 2025). As the five-year anniversary of Wuhan's 76-day lockdown approaches on 23 January 2025, the origins of COVID-19 remain unresolved, with the World Health Organization (WHO) continuing to urge China for more data while Beijing insists it has disclosed all available information. Life in the city of over 11 million has largely returned to normal, but memories of the pandemic linger for many residents who recall the uncertainty of the early days, food shortages, and the struggle to find hospital beds. The Huanan seafood market, once suspected as a potential source of the virus, remains sealed off, with security guards still stationed outside. The first cases emerged in December 2019, leading to a strict lockdown in Wuhan on 23 January 2020 as infections surged worldwide. The WHO estimates nearly 800 million infections and 7 million deaths, though figures vary. The debate over COVID-19'Äôs origins continues, with some scientists suspecting animal-to-human transmission, while others point to a possible lab-related incident. EFE/EPA/ALEX PLAVEVSKI ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
Wuhan (China), 20/01/2025.- People walk in front of closed and fenced Huanan Seafood Trade Market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, 20 January 2025 (issued 22 January 2025). As the five-year anniversary of Wuhan's 76-day lockdown approaches on 23 January 2025, the origins of COVID-19 remain unresolved, with the World Health Organization (WHO) continuing to urge China for more data while Beijing insists it has disclosed all available information. Life in the city of over 11 million has largely returned to normal, but memories of the pandemic linger for many residents who recall the uncertainty of the early days, food shortages, and the struggle to find hospital beds. The Huanan seafood market, once suspected as a potential source of the virus, remains sealed off, with security guards still stationed outside. The first cases emerged in December 2019, leading to a strict lockdown in Wuhan on 23 January 2020 as infections surged worldwide. The WHO estimates nearly 800 million infections and 7 million deaths, though figures vary. The debate over COVID-19'Äôs origins continues, with some scientists suspecting animal-to-human transmission, while others point to a possible lab-related incident. EFE/EPA/ALEX PLAVEVSKI ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET FOTO: ALEX PLAVEVSKI (EFE)
PANDEMIA DE CORONAVIRUS

Así es la vida en Wuhan, la zona cero del coronavirus, cinco años después del confinamiento

Han pasado exactamente cinco años desde el confinamiento de Wuhan, la ciudad china donde empezó la pandemia del coronavirus. El mercado de Huanan, zona cero del contagio, sigue cerrado desde entonces, pero el resto de la ciudad parece haber vuelto a la normalidad.

Las autoridades intentan borrar el recuerdo de lo sucedido… No hay conmemoraciones oficiales en recuerdo de los millones de muertos, y la prensa estatal, sujeta a estrictas normas de propaganda, no recoge la efeméride.

Quien se atrevió a contar la verdad ha pagado las consecuencias:

Muchos siguen creyendo el rumor de que la pandemia surgió en Estados Unidos. Esta teoría, extensísima en la ciudad, surgió de una insinuación del entonces portavoz del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores chino. Dijo, sin pruebas, que el virus fue traído por militares estadounidenses durante los juegos olímpicos militares celebrados en la ciudad en octubre de 2019.

© Foto: Alex Plavevski (EFE)

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