China's coronavirus-hit Hubei likely to allow residents to travel: state media
Due to coronavirus outbreak, Chinese authorities may allow people to start traveling by using a “health code”
March 10, 2020
SHANGHAI: China’s Hubei province, which is also the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, is doing research to allow people to start traveling, state media reported on Tuesday.
The meeting, reported by the official Hubei Daily, cited a meeting chaired by the province’s party chief Ying Yong. The leverage might be given to those living in areas at a medium- or low-risk of contracting the virus.
The report said that they may allow people to start traveling by using a “health code”, a mobile-based monitoring system that has been rolled out by many local authorities in China in recent weeks.
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Hubei province and its capital Wuhan are at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China.
