Born in 1958, Liu Jiaju serves as a street cleaner in Qinglong Lane near Yellow Crane Tower, a Wuhan landmark. She starts working before 5 a.m. every day. She says that she is a little bit scared about the novel coronavirus pneumonia, but she has to do her duty. by Duan Wei/China Pictorial
Life in Lockdown
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At 2 a.m. on January 23, 2020, the epidemic prevention and control headquarters of Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, issued a notice: Starting from 10 a.m. of January 23, Wuhan would suspend all the public transportation services including buses, subways and ferries. And without special reasons, residents are not allowed to leave the city. Wuhan has been locked down.
A month after the lockdown, how are the local residents? Journalists of China Pictorial are walking around the city to meet street cleaners, delivery guys, community workers and volunteers, shop owners and solitary old women to record their lives in this special time with their cameras.